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Oct 24 2019

Avia flys off with $22 in new funding for its digital health insights business, and I have no idea what value they actually bring to their health system customers and investors but the press release is full of disruption, etc. etc.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191023005232/en/AVIA-Raises-22-Million-New-Funding-Propel
Oct 22 2019

Octave Health strikes a positive note, collecting $11 million in new capital to support its behavioral health business which matches patients with in-person or telehealth care.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/10/behavioral-health-startup-octave-raises-11m-strikes-deal-with-california-insurer/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=78367427&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-813Kfh5NxmURFZ4hP4pjmsmBIzLuxfBoT6htG56kVYnVx2MlM7a3BU4IkNpgpxryAztPydq6m-jBp0_WwUwvuJQYnnvoPEipc7d6LzJUlu9t_oLTg&_hsmi=78367427&rf=1
Oct 21 2019

Connecture, an early vendor of private health insurance exchange services, has been acquired by N. Harris Computer Corp.

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2019/10/17/canadian-company-acquires-connecture/?slreturn=20190919105931
Oct 18 2019

PBM Express Scripts, now a part of Cigna, buys 340B pharmacy service and software vendor Verity Solutions for an undisclosed price.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/express-scripts-acquires-verity-solutions/
Oct 17 2019

Vim shows some vigor, collecting $24 million in new funding for its software which supposedly matches patients with providers.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/09/vim-raises-24-million-to-match-patients-with-top-health-care-providers/
Oct 17 2019

Lively, an administrator of health savings accounts, avoids death by securing $27 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/hsa-provider-lively-nabs-27-mln-series-b/
Oct 16 2019

Mednition, a vendor of artificial intelligence that helps emergency room staff triage patients, garners $10 in new funding.

https://www.aitimejournal.com/mednition-raises-10-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-concord-health-partners
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/