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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
Jun 27 2019

Providence St. Joseph health system is buying an Epic consulting firm, Bluetree, which I assume may reflect some difficulty they are having with their EHRs.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/providence-st-joseph-health-acquire-epic-consulting-firm?utm_source=modern-healthcare-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190627&utm_content=hero-headline
Jun 27 2019

Inbox Health, which, oooohhh, claims to be both a digital health and a fintech company, isn't that incredible, raises a not so incredible $4.4 million financing round for its communication platform to help providers with patient billing.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/inbox_health_closes_4_4_million_funding_round_to_reinvent_patient_billing_and_payments/prweb16400002.htm
Jun 27 2019

Telehealth oriented urgent care provider Remedy cures its need for financing with a $10 million round of funding.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/house-call-video-conference-platform-remedy-raises-10m
Jun 27 2019

Disease management vendor Omada Health has secured yet another large round of financing, $73 million worth.  Lot of hype around the new generation of disease management vendors, but I predict the same outcome in terms of value to patients and payers and returns to investors--not much.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/omada-raises-73m-series-d-led-by-wellington-management-company/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=74115141&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wI_v5cTwVOzX63zMH8Yg_ps31vcVOsU0VRibdkPmSBJgEUv3cGv2gnURbQckDh09n2p3wmAAKaQehiIdrTYRHQkID07Ph8dRU2l0QFqGqkhf-f4A&_hsmi=74115141&rf=1
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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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