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Mar 04 2019

QRails stays on track, coupling with health care payments company Rete+Pay.

https://www.qrails.com/about-qrails/press-releases/
Mar 04 2019

Rightway Health has added $8 million in new financing for its software and services to help patients navigate the health sysem.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190227005714/en/Rightway-Healthcare-Raises-8.0-Million-Series-Fundraising
Feb 28 2019

Eden Health looks for paradise, raising $10 million in idyllic capital, to support its business of physical and virtual primary care clinics for employees.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/primary-care-startup-eden-health-raises-10m-series-a-for-nationwide-expansion/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70340874&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9JXSwILd3K4mljJQIWaUbkpiac2c7rpPHwkk32ZffBV-jslB3XCgPegYLfoFdtLms9LJoFEq4BaZ7iujinWo61Wmr5AmtGddgya15L0VxZSjNJO0g&_hsmi=70340874&rf=1
Feb 27 2019

Guidewell, the holding company for the Blues plan of Florida, is acquiring Online Health, a wellness firm owned by other Blues plans.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guidewell-connect-acquires-onlife-health-300802567.html
Feb 27 2019

Crossover Health, which operates worksite clinics for employers, seeks further guidance, acquiring Sherpaa, which provides telemedicine-based primary care.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/employee-clinic-company-crossover-health-snaps-up-telemedicine-startup-sherpaa/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70296852&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8nM53kqxDwaS9QkCIxRdIRAKO4JIfRwOkos2d_CvMZM24HqJB9piSbmvVY6vYoA1rKjrASkxCZJJonPq7F76GqtICpOtPdiqwQORxawbQ6Kc1-Cn0&_hsmi=70296852&rf=1
Feb 22 2019

Just in time for Oscars weekend, we have a new winner in the category of Press Release with the Most Gibberish, as Clareto announces a new round of financing for its health information exchange product that helps with medical underwriting, or something.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190221005803/en/Clareto-Closes-Series-Financing
Feb 21 2019

PursueCare gets an undisclosed amount of funding to build a telehealth service to treat opioid addiction.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/pursuecare-raises-growth-round-to-launch-telehealth-opioid-addiction-treatment-network-1027945125
Feb 21 2019

PatientOne reels in investor one, getting $1.2 million in seed money for remote surgical patient monitoring.

https://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-health-care-execs-get-m-in-venture-capital-for/article_68fc851d-6f9d-59f9-9f7f-8fd2accd169f.html
Feb 21 2019

A PE firm is acquiring the majority interest in Health-E Commerce, which operates pre-tax dollar shopping sites for health care and wellness products and services.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/02/bpoc-invests-in-health-e-commerce/
Feb 21 2019

Simplyr, which offers health care governance and compliance software, is buying API Healthcare, which provides human capital software for health care companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/02/clearlake-backed-symplr-to-buy-api-healthcare/
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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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