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May 17 2015

In stately Scanadu investors did a palace build, $35 million worth, to support its at home health monitoring device business.

https://www.scanadu.com/pr/scanadu-secures-35-million-in-series-b-funding-to-advance-go-to-market-plans/
May 17 2015

Mee thinks MeeDoc has gained 3.5 million euros of investment from XLHealth to support its app-based telemedicine business.

https://www.meedoc.com/files/press/press-release-28-04-2015.pdf
May 17 2015

$9.5 million in series A capital comes MD Insider's way for its "disruptive" "big data" solution to help employers identify cost-effective providers.  Yawn.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/md-insider-accelerates-growth-with-95-million-in-series-a-funding-300074338.html
May 17 2015

Kura MD has cured a problem by acquiring The Telemedine Group's assets.  Both firms are involved in telemedicine.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12701367.htm
May 17 2015

Access Integrated Capital accessed $8.5 million in new capital to integrate with its existing financing for service to identify low-cost diagnostic imaging in workers' compensation.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/access-integrated-healthcare-closes-8-143500511.html
May 17 2015

MDsave has rescued $12 million of forlorn capital as new financing to help consumers find low-cost providers.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-innovation-meets-silicon-valley-technology-mdsave-poised-to-expand-affordable-medical-treatments-with-12-million-investment-from-mts-health-investors-300082576.html
May 14 2015

Polish firm DocPlanner garnered $10 million in new capital for its patient appointment scheduling app.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/from-the-wsj-expat-blog-germanys-quiet-sundays-1427151283?KEYWORDS=germany+2015+sunday+quiet
May 13 2015

Continuing its push into more comprehensive health plan offerings, TowersWatson has acquired Acclaris, a vendor of software and services to support consumer-directed health plans.

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Press/2015/05/towers-watson-acquires-acclaris-to-expand-benefits-administration-to-consumer-driven-health-plans
May 12 2015

Mednax, the pediatric services company, is acquiring vRad, the largest teleradiology firm, for about $500 million.  The reasons for the deal are transparent, we can see right through them!!

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mednax-announces-agreement-to-acquire-vrad-2015-05-12
May 12 2015

HealthPort, a supplier of revenue cycle management solutions, has merged with IOD, which offers document management, denial management and other services.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/healthport-to-merge-with-iod/
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