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Jul 23 2018

PE firm Apollo is buying hospital chain LifePoint Health for around $5.6 billion, and will merge it with RCCH Healthcare Partners, which also operates a set of health systems.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180723005205/en/LifePoint-Health-Merge-RCCH-HealthCare-Partners
Jul 20 2018

PR and advertising firm Publicis is acquiring Payer Sciences, which helps biopharmaceutical firms obtain reimbursement from payers.

https://www.benefitnews.com/news/publicis-health-acquires-payer-sciences?utm_campaign=ebn_first_look_Jul%2020%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=9e371a311c4e64d7c3081808ae243411
Jul 19 2018

Hospice operator Bristol Hospice is buying Optimal Health Services, which operates hospices in California.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/pe-backed-bristol-hospice-buys-optimal-health-services/
Jul 19 2018

K Health letters in head-scratching financings, as it gathers $12.5 million in capital for its app that helps patients see how other patients with their condition were treated.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/primary-care-app-k-health-inks-12-5-mln/
Jul 18 2018

CyberMDX, which offers cybersecurity for devices and equipment attached to health care facilities, garners $10.7 million in fresh funding.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180717005094/en/CyberMDX-Raises-10-Million-Series-Expand-Medical
Jul 17 2018

Kindly Care, which matches elderly at-home patients and caregivers, has raised $5.4 million in fresh capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/kindly-care-raises-5-4-mln-from-javelin-venture-partners-mhs-capital-jackson-square/
Jul 17 2018

Octave Bioscience is music to investors' wallets, raising $14 million in new funding for software the coordinate multiple sclerosis care.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/octave-bioscience-raises-14-million-for-ms-care-management-system-in-series-a-round/?rf=1&utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64495567&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91dH6WaUI8_hiP6q0AdpNLQ2RDHlZdkCh5GaygJKY61fjN0V8MvkjQYbKF2jxG4eK1GZhIMJCrQUbAbcmeXEKLluGFb1p1BBTKV6GScN-C8nZxDBo&_hsmi=64495567
Jul 16 2018

Health care software vendor Mediware is buying Fazzi Associates, which offer software to run home health agencies and hospice firms.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/tpg-backed-mediware-buys-fazzi-associates/
Jul 16 2018

RL Solutions and Datix Limited, both of which offer patient safety software, are merging.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/healthcare-software-firms-rl-and-pe-backed-datix-to-merge/
Jul 16 2018

Spring Health bounces with $6 million in new capital that helps match mental health patients with a treatment plan.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/12/spring-health-raises-6-million-to-expand-predictive-ai-for-mental-health-care/