Cara Care, a German digital health company focused on digestive system care (if its digital does that mean stick a finger in one or the other end of your alimentary canal?) gets a $7 million financing round that includes pharma giant J & J.
Collective Health has raised a massive $205 million round of new capital, as it grows its third-party administrator business for employee health benefit plans.
Accumen, which helps health systems with laboratories, blood collection and other services, is acquiring Halfpenny Technologies, a firm engaged in clinical data exchange software.
Large insurer Centene has led a $60 million investment in Quartet, which offers a comprehensive technology platform to coordinate and deliver behavioral health care.
EHR vendor Allscripts is buying ZappRx, apparently for less than the $40 million that venture investors put into the company. ZappRx is supposed to help providers perform prior authorization faster.
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