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Jul 19 2019

Convey Health Solutions, a provider of IT services and outsourcing for health plans providing Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid packages, is being conveyed from one PE firm to another as New Mountain Capital acquires it from TPG.

https://www.newmountaincapital.com/media/51194/convey-nmc-press-release_vf.pdf
Jul 18 2019

DEARhealth, a vendor of data-driven, patient-centric pathways for care of patients with chronic illness, makes investors pay dearly to invest $6.8 million in the firm.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/philips-vesalius-biocapital-iii-health-innovations-invest-in-dearhealth-ai-health-tech-start-up-300887358.html
Jul 15 2019

Third-party administrator Sedgwick is acquiring York Risk Services, combining two of the larger TPAs.

https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190708/NEWS08/912329470/Sedgwick-Claims-Management-Services-acquires-third-party-administrator-York-Risk?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OD3xeYiuKiS8TgbTwJRgQNAxFN7-zSmmV_dDnk3909Yat3Mqa790JYn3meYiuWmeeK1pCO6WfoC-SoXYo3oLLkEzM6EIid8lgSRshdcE2Wbt1Gs0&_hsmi=74594420
Jul 12 2019

Stratasan layers in a new round of $26 million in capital to support its health care data analytics business for hospital systems.

https://stratasan.com/stratasan-secures-26-million-investment-led-by-fulcrum-equity-partners/
Jul 11 2019

Wayfair, a general revenue cycle information technology company, has acquired Digitize Ai, which claims to have an improved process for prior authorization.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/artificial-intelligence/waystar-acquires-ai-tech-firm-to-streamline-prior-authorization.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y
Jul 11 2019

GNS Healthcare leads a precision strike on investor wallets, securing $23 million in new financing for its "precision" medicine software that supposedly gets the right treatment to the right patient.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/cigna-ventures-leads-23m-funding-round-precision-medicine-company-gns-healthcare?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpJMlpUVmpZV1JtTXpCaiIsInQiOiJKd1ZWR3Fja0FyN0pLWHQ1RXZKcVhrM2JJNUpuSk5SaEQ0WUpPdkpBOEZJckFrVlRNMnJNdjA0N0poYVo4TXJrZTFnQXNQVXh5SGF6Q3JaXC9xSVV0XC82ZXdlZU9MUk1pT1dkNnpldzlOMkRtS3JwSnZhZVAyM2pYVEt6d2NvemZLIn0%3D&mrkid=635530
Jul 11 2019

Two companies involved in health care information sharing technology, Rhapsody and Corepoint Health, will make beautiful music together, as they merge into a single company.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/07/pe-backed-rhapsody-and-corepoint-health-will-merge/
Jul 09 2019

Carenet Health, which claims to do patient engagement, telehealth and clinical support, is acquiring Citra Health, which offers administrative and clinical software to providers and health plans.

https://carenethealthcare.com/carenet-expands-through-citra-health-acquisition/
Jul 09 2019

Net Health fishes up the best deal for Optima Healthcare Solutions, combining two providers of software for various providers, including specialty services and the post-acute care market.

https://www.nethealth.com/net-health-to-acquire-optima-healthcare-solutions-expanding-its-purpose-built-electronic-medical-record-platform/
Jul 08 2019

Pretentiously named Change Healthcare went public, raising around $750 million.  The firm offers IT systems for health care providers and data and analytic services.

https://www.changehealthcare.com/press-room/press-releases/detail/change-healthcare-inc-prices-ipo-and-concurrent-offering-of-tangible-equity-units
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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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