Headlines

Aug 15 2018

Okay, this is a hilarious story about how health care needs more "disruptive" CEOs. How about just get some competent ones, especially on the provider side. I thought disruptive wasn't good, at least for kids in the class room. Just more nonsense reflecting both the "cult of the CEO" and the supposed value of disruption. Most businesses that try to do things in a radically different way disrupt things all right, just with bad results.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180811/NEWS/180809909?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180811-NEWS-180809909&utm_campaign=financedaily

Aug 13 2018

Carepoynt raises $2 million in initial financing for another of the most gibberish-ed press releases and business ideas I have seen, something about creating rewards for engagement. There is no "i" in Carepoynt, but there is a why.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/08/digital-health-startup-carepoynt-inks-2-mln-seed/

Aug 10 2018

Hinge Health, which helps patients with back and other musculoskeletal issues be treated at home using an app and coaches (Hinge, get it, cause you back and joints are like a hinge), has raised $26 million in funding. Don't let the hinge hit you on the way out.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/08/hinge-health-26m/

Aug 08 2018

AlayaCare, a vendor of software for home health care providers, has raised $13.8 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/08/alayacare-nabs-13-8-mln-series-b/

Aug 07 2018

AdvancedMD, a provider of EHR and practice management software for smaller provider practices, is being purchased by Global Payments for about $700 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/08/marlin-to-sell-advancedmd/

Aug 06 2018

Praestan Health, which helps primary care providers manage behavioral health, raised $12 million in new capital.

https://hitconsultant.net/2018/08/01/praestan-health-funding/

Aug 06 2018

GEX Management, a vendor of human resources outsourcing services, is acquiring Endeavor Plus, a third-party administrator of health plans.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gex-management-incs-peo-collaborates-with-leading-health-insurance-administrator-to-bring-innovative-and-affordable-health-care-options-to-small-group-employers-300689640.html

Aug 02 2018

Evidation Health, a vendor of "real-world" health-related data for life sciences companies and providers, is raising another $30 million in capital.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180801005125/en/Evidation-Health-Announces-30M-New-Funding

Aug 02 2018

EHR and practice management software vendor Medicare is acquiring BlueStrata EHR, which provides electronic medical record software for post-acute providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/08/tpg-backed-mediware-acquires-bluestrata-ehr/

Aug 01 2018

Telehealth is hot and telemedicine vendor MDLive has secured $50 million in new capital, including from two large health plan companies.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/cigna-hcsc-mdlive-richard-berner-funding-round-telehealth-investment?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1VeU9UbGpOR016TXpNeSIsInQiOiJmMjZPdWIrbk1DQWtXYUJudWhtRkpoalwvRURuWXVZR1hlVnl1Tkh5SEhGU3BoUno3XC9XOFwvTXNtY0NiUmFXVkdqZ0ZlYmF4Qnc5dnUyb29mMEJhNGdWTzJReXpmclpaR1VHTDJwM0x3VTUxNk1yM1NDNXpIRUZtOWxyUDlsNGZDUCJ9&mrkid=635530