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Apr 02 2019

Willis Towers (over) Watson, the large brokerage and consulting firm, is acquiring Tranzact for $1.2 billion, adding the "digital" brokerage and agency to its capabilities.

https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190401/NEWS06/912327632/Willis-Towers-Watson-to-acquire-direct-to-consumer-health-care-firm?utm_campaign=BI20190401DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_campaign=BI20190401DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign
Mar 29 2019

Biolinq (I don't know, not sure that cutesy "q" at the end gets you that hard "k" sound you were looking for) has raised $4.75 million in initial financing for it wearable device that provides various biometrics.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190328005048/en/Biolinq-Expands-Series-Financing-4.75-Million-Investment
Mar 28 2019

Xealth is yet another digital drug prescribing platform, which raises $11 million in new funding.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/xealth-pulls-in-11m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71235012&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_imAnibvlRqyT-5_LIpLINX9hFgxcLJb4tRk2N1bU-B_R6ppGERg8Bol6pHlGNTlDmYPPwzmucwk10W_PX6hQCmu1fN5u9MI2oZTn4IkX3p0fDgB4&_hsmi=71235012
Mar 27 2019

In a transaction valued at over $17 billion, Centene will acquire WellCare in a stock swap deal, creating a large Medicaid and ACA exchange plan.

https://centene.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/centene-and-wellcare-combine-create-premier-healthcare
Mar 25 2019

Change Healthcare, cobbled together with multiple acquisitions of HIT companies and majority-owned by McKesson, and with the most grandiose name in the industry, is planning a massive IPO.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/nashville-based-change-healthcare-files-for-100-million-ipo/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71059782&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--CRb2VEI5HmjSDy6LJOFgZp-tb8pO4_kisuWGK_uvCd1dadoyvO-Vw8eg-iLW9McHjIvsQJEbY87ESvgfnCpAOnUq1DXlm2sxZKaId6hcUqYfX3z4&_hsmi=71059782&rf=1
Mar 21 2019

Unite Us unites itself with a lot of money, $35 million in new capital, to help payers deal with social determinants of health issues.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/startup-35m-series-b/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70996491&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83Br4LmJ0VjrHPG_QpNoCNcFDydnQU4DRkofZDJV2Lq4jyvsiNd1WcS1nibE1USMVO8CnmnXXW-ONGsBq_cIU6W5o7m5GeXeYbMfA48yLaaNJSexs&_hsmi=70996491
Mar 21 2019

Cleo pats investors down for a hefty $27.5 million to support a business of helping employees return to work after a childbirth leave and other events.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/cleo-raises-27-5m-series-b-to-better-support-working-parents/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70996491&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83Br4LmJ0VjrHPG_QpNoCNcFDydnQU4DRkofZDJV2Lq4jyvsiNd1WcS1nibE1USMVO8CnmnXXW-ONGsBq_cIU6W5o7m5GeXeYbMfA48yLaaNJSexs&_hsmi=70996491&rf=1
Mar 20 2019

Physera has secured $8 million in new financing to provide telehealth consultations by physical therapists.

https://blog.physera.com/bcbs-venture-partners-leads-8m-investment-in-physera-3ee9ab4a5242
Mar 19 2019

eHealth Technologies, a vendor of medical record retrieval services, has captured another $41 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/03/acp-invests-41-mln-in-ehealth-technologies/
Mar 19 2019

Diversified medical device and medical equipment firm Hill-Rom is acquiring Voalte, which offers a clinical communication platform for hospitals, for $180 million.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/hill-rom-to-acquire-healthcare-communications-company-voalte-for-up-to-195m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70778050&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WaEviNSrvjeuplBBivEeXcVuLBhiZ3DtZkZQApVg2i8WgIrOEi5ob7vt2NqgvSGZypVI0Nw8D4F-m22uaSo9J_hhHxSou71CW0hvCyXeCoIh88g0&_hsmi=70778050&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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