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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
May 28 2019

Dario Health, a maker of devices and software to track diabetes care and other chronic conditions., has gone public, raising a measly $7.2 million.  I can't for the life of me understand how desperate you must be to go through the hassle of being public for such a small amount of capital.

https://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/DarioHealth+Corp.+Announces+Pricing+of+%247.2+Million+Public+Offering+of+Common+Stock/15530417.html
May 28 2019

Modern Health raises an up-to-date $9 million in new funding for its software and service to help maintain the emotional health of employees.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/modern-health-raises-a-9m-series-a-round-led-by-kleiner-perkins-300855797.html
May 28 2019

Cardinal Analytx garners $22 million to support its high-cost patient predictive software.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/23/cardinal-analytx-raises-22-million-to-predict-high-cost-health-plan-members/
May 22 2019

Health Monitor Network receives an undisclosed amount of additional capital to support its print and digital patient education business.

https://www.healthmonitornetwork.com/images/HM-WestView-Press-Release-5-15-19.pdf
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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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