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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
Sep 05 2019

Ginger spices up its cap table, getting a new $35 million in capital for its on-demand behavioral health service.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190904005269/en/Ginger-Announces-35-Million-Series-Funding-Accelerate
Sep 04 2019

VillageMD  raised a fresh $100 million in funding to support growth of its primary care centers.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/villagemd-raises-100-mln/
Aug 30 2019

CareDx, which claims to be a leader in precision medicine, diagnoses its problem and acquires a solution, buying XynManagement, which helps track transplant supplies and quality.

https://investors.caredxinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/caredx-acquires-xynmanagement
Aug 30 2019

Thread, a data capture platform for in-person and virtual life sciences research visits, stitches together a deal and sews up a recap by two PE firms.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/08/private-equity-companies-acquire-virtual-research-firm-thread/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=76169565&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--xpNbwprZyYgvRqvx5hoSK9a3DMlR_1OoEyF6S5ay3z0_OXGtrLjvq92-Rk6zwTZvLN-yG6WX-iEnw963M0SG1C87YlQJrRvcKfq0PvwWjPVkoYt4&_hsmi=76169565&rf=1
Aug 30 2019

Michigan health plans Priority Health and Total Health Care are merging, new name probably to be Total Priority, which may or may not refer to quality of care members will receive.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/priority-health-total-health-care-merge-southeast-michigan?utm_source=modern-healthcare-am-thursday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190828&utm_content=article5-headline
Aug 29 2019

PeerWell is on the mend with a fresh $6.5 million for its app that helps patients prepare for orthopedic surgery.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/patient_engagement_leader_luma_health_raises_16_million_to_accelerate_delivery_of_modern_patient_access_technology/prweb16518001.htm
Aug 29 2019

Luma Health lights it up, raising $16 million to support growth of its patient engagement platform for health care providers.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/patient_engagement_leader_luma_health_raises_16_million_to_accelerate_delivery_of_modern_patient_access_technology/prweb16518001.htm
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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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