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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
Oct 09 2018

Singapore based Holmusk, which recently acquired behavioral health data company MindLinc, has raised $9.75 million in new capital to help expand its product and expand in the US and Europe.

https://www.holmusk.com/news/detail?ref=1455
Oct 09 2018

Sopris Health garners $3.4 million for its artificial intelligence software designed to help with medical documentation.

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/10/03/sopris-health-tech-startup-raises-money.html
Oct 09 2018

Carie Health has raised $7 million for its "free" telehealth platform for providers.  Kind of puzzling because someone has to pay and investors are expecting a return, so is this an advertising model or what?

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/28/1586753/0/en/Carie-Health-Closes-7MM-Funding-to-Support-The-Roll-Out-of-its-Latest-Industry-First-The-Launch-Of-A-Free-Telehealth-Platform-For-Every-Doctor-in-America.html
Oct 09 2018

PBM RxAdvance has acquired an additional $50 million in financing, from an unidentified investor, which may be Centene, which has been the company's primary investor.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/centene-backed-rxadvance-closes-50m-funding-round?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRVelkyRXdaREptWVdOaiIsInQiOiJIcWJ5ZEkwRm1oXC9aN0p0a2M1eGpPdnljUFFqYlF3YnJGcFd6QThHbW54Mk11dlwvSWxkeTlEOUFWeE1rM0RYUWtYRmhNTlVOZllWc0JsMmErUHdiZ3FNcm91VnpBZU1JN2JXV010SHgrMlJMQUJ6T0N3MEFWaUlPWEtlaFBRVzZmIn0%3D&mrkid=635530
Oct 05 2018

Anju Software, which offers software to help life sciences companies with development and commercialization, has acquired Zephyr Health, which has a database covering multiple diseases, providers and treatment patterns.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/pe-backed-anju-software-buys-zephyr-health/
Oct 03 2018

Optima Health Solutions, a vendor of practice management systems for post-acute care providers, has acquired Vantage Clinical Solutions, which offers software for physical therapy practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/alpine-backed-optima-healthcare-solutions-buys-vantage-clinical-solutions/
Oct 02 2018

iDx, which offers an artificial intelligence platform for detecting diabetic retinopathy, has raised $33 million in a growth capital round.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-diagnostics-company-idx-secures-significant-funding-from-8vc-optum-ventures-300718104.html
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