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Sep 20 2019

I think Cogito thoughtfully garners a fresh $20 million in capital for its creepy software that analyzes conversations to determine emotional content.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190905005209/en/Cogito-Receives-20-Million-Funding-Extend-Market
Sep 20 2019

Robin Healthcare sticks up investors for a fresh $15 million in funding to build a digital assistant for doctors.

Sep 20 2019

OptimizeRx, which has a software platform that connects pharmaceutical companies to prescribers, is acquiring RMDY Health for $16 million, adding its digital health management capabilities.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/05/1911677/0/en/OptimizeRx-to-Acquire-Digital-Therapeutics-SaaS-Platform-Provider-RMDY-Health.html
Sep 19 2019

Kaia Health, which has an app that helps patients manage musculo-skeletal conditions, gets a new $8 million in capital.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kaia-health-announces-8-million-in-funding-led-by-optum-ventures-300919137.html
Sep 19 2019

Pivot Health turns quickly to gather a fresh $25 million investment for its physical and occupational therapy clinic business.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/pennantpark-backs-pivot-health-solutions/
Sep 19 2019

Health Recovery Solutions, which offers patient remote monitoring products, raised a new round of $10 million in financing.

https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/09/remote-patient-monitoring-company-health-recovery-solution-raises-10m/
Sep 19 2019

A PE firm has closed on a sale of its majority interest in GoHealth, a vendor of insurance marketplace software, to another PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/norwest-equity-partners-closes-gohealth-sale-to-centerbridge/
Sep 18 2019

HMS, a leading vendor of payment integrity and population health services, has acquired Vitreos Health, a provider of predictive analytics.

http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/16/1916337/0/en/HMS-Acquires-VitreosHealth.html
Sep 18 2019

Navigating Cancer, which offers a cancer patient relationship management system, has raised $26 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/navigating-cancer-lands-26-mln-series-d/
Sep 18 2019

Firefly Health lights up with a fresh $10.2 million for its technology-powered concierge service that links patients and providers--just the kind of hype that bugs me.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/firefly-health-closes-10-2-million-series-a-funding-round-to-expand-new-primary-care-and-patient-experience-platform-300918390.html
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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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