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Jan 30 2019

Investment firm Investcorp is buying Health Plus Management, which provides practice management services to the rehabilitation and physical medicine market.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/investcorp-buys-health-plus/
Jan 30 2019

EBSCO Health, part of a large multi-industry information firm, is buying Health Decision, a clinical support vendor.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/ebsco-health-healthdecision/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69348244&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9onAPVvakGAfiov0KapC2rYbr2mYl0kynNC-3ELtJysfhjszSWlZjr-RhsjOnKmRumvakyx9xxOl5kSdbm6L-53y4but3442JUoFsTxYYkgXAqJyc&_hsmi=69348244&rf=1
Jan 25 2019

Bright Health has raised a fresh $200 million in capital to support its individual health plan business, which has expanded to a number of markets.  No word on whether it is actually making money yet.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bright-health-announces-200-million-series-c-funding-round-as-unique-care-partner-health-plan-model-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-healthcare-300757092.html
Jan 23 2019

The Pill Club medicates investors to a $51 million round for its online contraceptive products service.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190122005339/en/
Jan 23 2019

Kaia backs up a truck to collect $10 million for its back pain management app.  It is a pioneering digital therapeutics firm, aren't you impressed.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/back-pain-app-creator-kaia-health-inks-10-mln-series-a/
Jan 23 2019

WEX, a financial services technology company, is acquiring Discovery Benefits, a TPA.

https://ir.wexinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/wex-signs-agreement-acquire-discovery-benefits?_ga=2.250154694.190955598.1547731115-413639831.1547731115
Jan 23 2019

Limelight Health, which has software to help brokers interact with employer customers, spotlights a tart $33.5 million in new investments.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/san-francisco-insuretech-startup-limelight-health-raises-33-5m-series-c/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69110699&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7vtUbtJZJg3R0rMGwwhDXdzCngYRvUpW5v80F79QYZWeX7W_BAF48ahJwH1cMpG-e6F8d3K5OydiWoxigtPzqHuq3z2LaX9ErrV3Zp_YLBOXuvAo&_hsmi=69110699&rf=1
Jan 22 2019

Innovaccera, which helps health care organizations combine information from different systems, has garnered $35 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/microsoft-venture-fund-innovaccer/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69110699&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7vtUbtJZJg3R0rMGwwhDXdzCngYRvUpW5v80F79QYZWeX7W_BAF48ahJwH1cMpG-e6F8d3K5OydiWoxigtPzqHuq3z2LaX9ErrV3Zp_YLBOXuvAo&_hsmi=69110699&rf=1
Jan 21 2019

Paladina Health, a provider of primary care services through clinics for employment-based health plans, has acquired Activate Health, which operates in the same market.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/vc-backed-paladina-health-acquires-activate-healthcare/