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Madaket Health reels in $10 million in new capital for its software to smooth provider/payer data interchange.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/madaket-health-10m-data-exchange/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64672115&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_8Rt9iPxUeA0WH3VUxq2Mly888G5VZpP4izSgVg6YxY_OEVZTM2TQTl1GsfjLX-L6Z8NSQKQ9JxJ-y3hITcURQDlWRnu29vYg6aXEJONs-eyXmXwY&_hsmi=64672115&rf=1
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
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
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/
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/
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
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/
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
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/
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/
The 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.