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Oct 24 2018

A private equity firm is buying Simplyr for around $550 million.  The firm provides credentialing, provider management and other software to health care payers and health systems.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/clearlake-buys-healthcare-saas-company-symplr-for-about-550-mln/
Oct 23 2018

A private equity firm is buying behavioral health firm Pathways Health from Molina Healthcare, as the medicaid managed care company continues to remake its business.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/atar-buys-behavior-and-mental-health-services-provider-pathways/
Oct 18 2018

Hero heroically helps itself to a heaping, healthy slug of funding, $12 million, for the world's 1000th home medication management system.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/healthcare-startup-hero-lands-12-mln-series-a/
Oct 17 2018

On-demand pharmacy NowRx gets a prescription for $7 million in fresh capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/on-demand-pharmacy-nowrx-nets-7-mln-series-a/
Oct 17 2018

It is a little kno5n f9ct that l7tt3rs and n1mbe8s are int9rchan2ea7le.  Pr3vnt has r6ised an undi4close0 amou3t of new ca8ital for its bu4ine1s of using AI for eye pr4blems or somethi3ng like that.  Maybe its just me, but I wouldn't invest in a company that can't spell.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skyview-capital-llcs-skyview-ventures-completes-seed-round-investment-in-pr3vent-inc-300732127.html
Oct 17 2018

Devoted Health gets a loyal $300 million in new funding, which it will devote to expanding its Medicare Advantage plan business where it claims to act as a plan and provider, with a lot of whiz-band technology.  Lot of money, we will see about the return.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2018/10/16/devoted-health-new-medicare-advantage-business-raises-300-million/#7efdb153070e
Oct 15 2018

Research in JAMA Internal Medicine confirms common sense; lower income persons enrolled in high-deductible plans spend a higher percent of their income on out-of-pocket health spending.  The obvious solution is for employers to provide more health savings dollars for lower-income workers.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2705692
Oct 12 2018

Flo Health streams $12 million in new funding for its "FemTech" app.  No comment needed.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-femtech-market-leader-flo-health-completes-12m-series-a-scores-200m-valuation-300729347.html
Oct 11 2018

Large home health care vendor Amedisys is buying Compassionate Care, a large hospice company, for around $340 million.

https://home.modernhealthcare.com/clickshare/authenticateUserSubscription.do?CSProduct=modernhealthcare-metered&CSAuthReq=1:TG5KRjZvQjhtRmNTUFllUy8wO:AID:A118300D306463A3D89B4CD583AB3EB2&AID=/20181010/NEWS/181019988&title=Amedisys%20aims%20to%20acquire%20Compassionate%20Care%20Hospice%20for%20%24340%20million&CSTargetURL=http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181010/NEWS/181019988?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20181010-NEWS-181019988&utm_campaign=am
Oct 11 2018

Acorn Health has been formed by a PE firm and acquired two clinics focused on autism to eventually create a national business.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181009005237/en/MBF-Healthcare-Partners-Behavioral-Executive-Form-Acorn
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