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Dec 20 2018

Tridiuum puts the u in health care, oh wait there isn't one, for $9 million in new capital for a questionaire about behavioral health, oh wait, maybe that's too simplistic, they are a digital health company with a platform for behavioral health.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/tridiuum-raises-9-5m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68507524&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9mFmG8-44I9zBBXJPGDNlrxNCQDAY3kN5nUz1P8EC1F9TbAulGAN7oYAP0pa7yj8e7qG_YnsiP0l0Knwuz3IeTDS280gKtusPGUVA0oErGt1Sf_I&_hsmi=68507524&rf=1
Dec 20 2018

Washington-based health system PeaceHealth is acquiring Zoom+Care, an Oregon operator of 37 neighborhood clinics.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/peacehealth-to-acquire-37-clinics.html
Dec 20 2018

Change Healthcare, which really hasn't, is acquiring the blockchain-related assets of PokitDok (one of whose employees actually contacted me about a post in which I made fun of the name) to add to its software platform.  Might have wanted to worry more about whether you had a real business than about people jabbing at your name.

https://www.changehealthcare.com/press-room/press-releases/detail/change-healthcare-acquires-pokitdok-assets
Dec 20 2018

Trouble conglomerate General Electric filed an expected IPO to spin off its health unit, which is expected to have a value in the tens of billions of dollars.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ge-files-ipo-to-spin-out-its-health-unit-5-things-to-know.html?origin=cioe&utm_source=cioe
Dec 17 2018

Aspen RxHealth, which aims to provide tools to connect pharmacists and patients outside traditional pharmacy settings, has raised $9 million.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/florida-startup-raises-9m-for-on-demand-pharmacist-marketplace/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68332133&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LPl76_rZqZlSJEgI_kKwaoWbx5dDvc6gpsa1Iq10B7XHQxKVTPiumb5r1fFCH21_i_aO3gp3jxofN3yPcO1bdBP4GuNJZDrTVCG7mG84NCp5quGw&_hsmi=68332133&rf=1
Dec 17 2018

A private equity firm is doing a recapitalization of Remedy Partners, which helps providers and health plans arrange bundled payments.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/new-mountain-to-invest-in-remedy-partners/
Dec 17 2018

A private equity firm which was the primary owner of BrightSpring Health, which offers a variety of home care and other services, is selling it to another private equity firm, an increasingly common form of transaction.  BrightSpring will be combined with PharMerica, which primarily operates pharmacies in long-term care facilities.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/brightsprings-marriage-with-kkrs-pharmerica-said-to-command-1-3-bln-plus-valuation/
Dec 11 2018

Myia has raised $6.75 million to use new sensor technology to monitor heart failure patients.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/san-francisco-startup-raises-6-75-million-for-remote-health-monitoring/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68221243&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6lS9Ad5y2spfoS15xlIum7Uak2GuMvWj1WIKvaucE0QF89V0wj7qWUmogT0OotuyGM_3E-xi96PiSC7ILwF41qDFGSMeGVt3BA6xPGPvHbyiVhYw&_hsmi=68221243&rf=1
Dec 10 2018

In yet another transaction between PE groups, opioid dependence treatment provider Behavioral Health Group is being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.behavioral.net/news-item/finance/report-deal-reached-sale-behavioral-health-group
Dec 10 2018

GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, a provider of revenue cycle management services and software, has been purchased by a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/chryscapital-takes-majority-stake-in-gebbs-healthcare-solutions/
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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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