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Aug 20 2019

Telus Health, a subsidiary of the large Canadian telecommunications company, tells us that it is buying the combined Akira/Right Health firm, a vendor of virtual care software.

https://www.pehub.com/canada/2019/08/telus-health-buys-igan-partners-backed-akira-and-right-health/
Aug 20 2019

Hold on to your hats, the world of health care is being transformed, by the transformative merger of iGambit and Clinigence, or at least that is what the press release says.  The former is a health risk assessment platform and the later does population health analytics.

https://www.igambit.com/blog
Aug 19 2019

Nomad Health, which offers temporary staffing services for health systems, wanders into a fresh $34 million of capital.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/finance/new-york-startup-raises-34-million-staffing-platform?utm_source=modern-healthcare-daily-finance-friday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190816&utm_content=article3-headline
Aug 16 2019

Nurx, which offers an online birth control product platform, has raised $52 million in new funding.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/nurx-gets-another-52-million-deliver-mail-order-birth-control-prep-sti-test-kits
Aug 15 2019

Aspirion, which aspires to get larger, is buying Specialized Healthcare Partners, which helps providers collect on complex claims.  Aspirion provides other revenue cycle management services to providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/08/pe-backed-aspirion-merges-with-specialized-healthcare-partners/
Aug 15 2019

Buoy Health floats a fresh $15 million in financing for its website that uses, guess what, AI, to help consumers find health information, because there just aren't enough websites like that already.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/08/buoy-health-raises-15-mln/
Aug 12 2019

Medstreaming, a vendor of software and analytics to improve hospital workflows, raised $22.6 million in new funding.

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/healthcare-software-maker-medstreaming-raises-cash-help-hospitals-researchers-analyze-data/
Aug 09 2019

Experian Healthcare, a subsidiary of the credit reporting giant, has acquired MyHealthDirect, a provider of patient scheduling software.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/08/experian-healthcare-acquires-scheduling-services-company-myhealthdirect/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=75529340&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_CPVQ6T6VuGh1tcHmBDrunc2x1fWmQXndL6jBzmgEIBSI872n8VW--SYpsXFcyqGT3n87w6EwXP9m2SBkWTpks_I3W5BC_5KVXfHPIf8EWE8Wxc40&_hsmi=75529340&rf=1
Aug 07 2019

Sidecar Health motors along, raising $18 million in new capital for its health insurance plan that will begin operations in Texas.  The company claims that its plans will cost 40% less and let consumers see any provider, etc., etc.  Sounds too good to be true and it undoubtedly is.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190806005764/en/Sidecar-Health-Raises-18-Million-Financing-Launches
Aug 05 2019

Accolade, which supposedly helps patients "navigate" the medical care system, wins plaudits for acquiring MD Insider, which offers data on provider quality and cost.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/08/care-navigation-company-accolade-acquires-provider-data-startup-md-insider/
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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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