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Jun 10 2019

Large health plan Anthem finds its way to acquiring Beacon Health, which offers behavioral health services.  Terms were not disclosed.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/anthem-acquires-behavioral-health-company-beacon-health-options/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73461852&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9jgPh9bQX0oOyap2v_43mkW325RqDXKtKdODOJinPupTGPyuKPF5Nx_2poJNvC-_SIqtdfXgobHpNYq0fYnp5oVXA_64xY8BFxdf1kBXD6zHALVvE&_hsmi=73461852&rf=1
Jun 10 2019

Babel Health speaks a language investors understand, securing $5 million in funding to help with risk adjustment and encounter submission for MA and similar plans.

https://www.babelhealth.com/2019/04/25/babel-health-secures-5m-series-a-funding/
Jun 06 2019

RxRevu, which offers prescribing decision support software for clinicians, has raised $15.9 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/uchealth-leads-15-9m-rxrevu/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73419819&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bCc0TxH31igX8vdOwL8BFiHUuvbaQDtbmXP4tLEgOmGqvOtsI4ObhOYdiHPxPvRhnUcaoyTfXKFJWGg3ar2Z4m6yuzRGbLRYurMRhG7UlGWJPQ_8&_hsmi=73419819&rf=1
Jun 05 2019

Abacus Insights counts on a fresh $12.7 million for its health care data integration business for payers.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190530005229/en/Abacus-Insights-Secures-12.7-Million-Series-Financing
May 31 2019

Welkin Health builds a healthy relationship with investors, securing $17.5 million in new financing for its patient relationship management software.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190529005197/en/Welkin-Health-Raises-17.5-Million-Series-Funding
May 31 2019

Bon Secours Mercy Health, a large multi-state hospital group in selling a majority interest in a subsidiary that does revenue cycle management to a PE firm.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/finance/bon-secours-mercy-health-sell-majority-stake-rcm-pe-firm?utm_source=modern-healthcare-daily-finance-thursday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190530&utm_content=article1-headline
May 30 2019

Phillo Health, which offers a digital assistant platform to monitor and communicate with patients in their homes, has bedded down a comfy $11 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/pillo-health-raises-11m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73188148&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CVsBgQsPcp6hZ298E7-qu4j4tKl0u3CVrkzwWYUIVL1hdNcTPvrYmQI25d4c9S8C73RuCenaFC9VzLZEbaYu1iScMeM-Qxq2YiyygAIc2hq4Co3E&_hsmi=73188148
May 30 2019

Online behavioral firm Talkspace talks investors out of an additional $50 million in funding.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/online-therapy-company-talkspace-raises-50m-signs-major-deal-with-optum/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73188148&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CVsBgQsPcp6hZ298E7-qu4j4tKl0u3CVrkzwWYUIVL1hdNcTPvrYmQI25d4c9S8C73RuCenaFC9VzLZEbaYu1iScMeM-Qxq2YiyygAIc2hq4Co3E&_hsmi=73188148
May 29 2019

Apple polishes up its health industry offerings, buying asthma monitoring firm Tueo Health for an undisclosed sum.  The large tech firms continue to show an interest in figuring out how to play in health care.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/apple-acquires-asthma-monitoring-startup-tueo-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73094109&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BQry84P34ofHB0qB6J-mygiwk6vATFTOh7ddymBsV1SQA9w3RMD5YDZt_pM7gY0vw-hkX6Xq--VrJ7emV4WO4PnRymmALwUNdm3ebG9cqrhdCijE&_hsmi=73094109&rf=1
May 29 2019

EvidenceCare, a vendor of clinical decision support and revenue optimization (i.e., upcoding) software for hospitals, evidently is cared for by investors, hustling up a fresh $7.3 million in financing.

http://www.venturenashville.com/evidencecare-secures-capstone-jumpstart-capital-role-in-7-3mm-series-a-cms-1851
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