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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
May 22 2019

Children's behavioral health company Mightier gets stronger with an infusion of $6.6 million in capital.  Hope I won't be writing soon about how the Mightier have fallen.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/05/childrens-behavioral-health-firm-mightier-fetches-6-6-mln-series-a/
May 21 2019

Health information publisher Remedy Health Media is acquiring Vertical Health, which focuses on specialty publications for providers.

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/335991/remedy-health-media-acquires-vertical-health-crea.html
May 21 2019

Phil, Inc, which ophphers a sophtware platphorm to manage specialty farmaceuticals, garners $25 million in new phunding.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/specialty-prescription-management-provider-phil-secures-25mm-in-series-b-funding-300850546.html
May 20 2019

Discovery Health Partners, which assists health plans and others with payment solutions, is acquiring HealthMind, which offers similar services.

https://www.discoveryhealthpartners.com/discovery-health-partners-acquires-healthmind-llc/
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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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