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Oct 16 2019

Okay, time for another dumb joke about investing in firms related to cognitive functioning, as Braincheck lulls investors into a fresh financing of $8 million for its software to help providers assess cognitive status.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/09/braincheck-closes-8m-series-a-funding-round-empowers-physicians-with-a-better-way-to-assess-cognitive-impairment-dementia/
Oct 16 2019

Omada Health secures $73 million for its disease management coaching platform.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/omada-health-raises-73m-with-help-from-cigna-kaiser-permanente.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y
Oct 15 2019

Capsule drugs investors into a $200 million capital round for expansion of its virtual and online pharmacy capability.

https://observer.com/2019/09/capsule-prescription-drug-delivery-nationwide-expansion/
Oct 15 2019

Well, I just don't know, but Health.io is raising $60 million for its product that allows patients to do urine testing via their cell phones.  That's right you just pee on the phone and viola, it tells you how your health is.  No, no, no, don't do that, that isn't how it works.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/11/healthy-io-raises-60-million-for-smartphone-based-urinalysis-tests/
Oct 15 2019

Clinical trials software vendor Florence raises $7.1 million in new funding.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/florence-completes-series-b-financing-to-advance-clinical-trials-with-technology-300936779.html
Oct 15 2019

Humana gives Accolade a compliment, along with a $20 million capital investment, supporting the firm's software and app designed to help employees navigate their health benefits and health care.

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/insurance-giant-humana-invests-20m-healthcare-tech-company-accolade/
Oct 14 2019

Goldman Sachs is selling its majority interest in Marathon Health, an operator of onsite employee health centers, to General Atlantic.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/goldman-exits-marathon-health/
Oct 14 2019

Parsley Health, which offers some kind of health management, telehealth service, raised a fresh $26 million in capital.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/10/parsley-health-nabs-26-million-series-b-to-launch-telemedicine-products/
Oct 14 2019

Mednax, the physician practice company, is selling its MedData unit, which offers certain management services to health systems, to PE firm Frazier for up to $300 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/frazier-healthcare-to-buy-meddata-from-mednax/
Oct 10 2019

UnitedHealth Group has apparently purchased about 5000 Medicare Advantage members in Virginia from Piedmont Community Health Plans.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/unitedhealth-buys-virginia-medicare-advantage-plan.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y
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