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Apr 05 2019

Verily, verily, I say unto you that HealthVerity truthfully (hopefully) raises $25 million in new capital to support its patient information and identity management products.  Seriously, it is amazing how much money has to be spend in health care just to identify that a patient is the same patient in multiple information systems.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190403005862/en/HealthVerity-Announces-25-Million-Series-Funding
Apr 04 2019

Women's health group Advantia is acquiring Pacify, which does perinatal telehealth.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/health-group-advantia-acquires-telehealth-company-pacify?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJZME9USTRaamszTVdJNCIsInQiOiIxS2VxWXpJeWdvZ25TNUhzeStXU3hpb3FMdG41ZFBpbWErZUx3OXpGd3VkazJhWmVLdFwvcUp3M0lCNk9HUm5adnhWM3pCZk5Bd0xXTkw1T0I5eXkxeStCcktNREpSWnVzdU9saU5zTE9jWXk1ZWY3bkp0N1cxc1l2RVFIK1o2Z2kifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Apr 03 2019

Medical Informatics, my kind of nice generic name for a company, has raised $11.9 million in additional capital to support its business of using predictive analytics to manage the care of patients in critical care units.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190402005249/en/Medical-Informatics-Corp.-Innovator-Predictive-Analytics-Patient
Apr 03 2019

HealthAxis, which offers plans and providers benefit administration software, is acquiring Analytics Partners, which provides various health analytics solutions.

https://healthaxis.com/2019/04/01/healthaxis-group-acquires-analytics-partners/
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
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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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