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Jan 29 2020

Private equity firm Hg is buying a majority interest in Intelrad, which provides imaging and imaging workflow management software.

https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/hg-purchases-majority-stake-in-intelerad-medical-systems
Jan 29 2020

Medical Mutual, an Ohio-based health plan, has acquired Bravo Wellness, which as the name suggests, is a wellness program vendor.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/patient-concierge-platform-helparound-raises-6m
Jan 29 2020

Helparound gets an assist from investors, raising $6 million for its concierge platform that helps patients navigate health services.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/patient-concierge-platform-helparound-raises-6m
Jan 28 2020

Brain Lab, a vendor of digital medical technology, gets smart, as it intelligently acquires VisionTree, which offers data collection and patient management software, and 000hhhh, it's cloud based.

https://www.massdevice.com/brainlab-acquires-visiontree-software/
Jan 28 2020

Hospital giant HCA is acquiring Valify, a vendor of analytics and other software to help with buying purchased services.

https://investor.hcahealthcare.com/press-release/hca-healthcare-acquires-technology-and-analytics-company-valify
Jan 27 2020

Gentem, which says it has a revenue cycle management software package to support physicians who want to practice independently, raises $3.7 million in capital.  A twist is that the company will pay doctors the billed amounts upfront.

https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20200115sf88385/gentem-raises-37-million-to-fund-future-growth
Jan 27 2020

Socially Determined, which offers a health care analytics package to capitalize on the hype around supposed social determinants of health, gathers $7.3 million in new funding.

https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20200115sf88385/gentem-raises-37-million-to-fund-future-growth
Jan 27 2020

Aver swears that it has raised $27 million for its software to help providers administer and manage bundled payments.

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/01/17/columbus-health-it-company-aver-raises-27.html
Jan 24 2020

Virgin Pulse, an employee wellness firm, throbs with love for Blue Mesa, a digital diabetes wellness platform, although that fondness may plateau after a while.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/virgin-pulse-acquires-diabetes-startup-blue-mesa-health
Jan 21 2020

Health Scholars, which provides virtual reality training for health care clinicians, secured $17 million in new capital.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/vr-medical-training-company-health-scholars-lands-17m
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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