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Jul 26 2018

HealthCrowd secures $7 million in fresh financing for its communications as a service platform, which helps health plans and providers engage patients or something like that.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/healthcrowd_lands_7_million_in_growth_equity_to_become_the_de_facto_healthcare_communications_platform/prweb15648476.htm
Jul 26 2018

$28 million gets poured into Patientco, which offers software to help providers collect payments from patients.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/patientco-nets-28-mln-series-b-in-accel-kkr-led-round/
Jul 26 2018

TwelveStone Health Partners gets a heavy $4.3 investment for its chronic care medication services, including infusion centers.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/claritas-capital-invests-4-3-mln-in-twelvestone/
Jul 25 2018

After just raising over $290 million, telehealth vendor American Well adds another $75 million in capital and announces deals with Samsung and Anthem.  Given the astonishing amount of total capital that has gone into the firm, there is no way new investors get a decent return.

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/07/19/american-well-discloses-75m-investment-as-it.html
Jul 25 2018

Investors join the League team, as the firm raises $62 million (that's Canadian dollars) for expansion of its health benefits infrastructure for employers.  Apparently a fair amount of that money went to a PR firm that wrote one of the most hype-filled releases ever.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/league-inc-raises-c62m-to-transform-health-benefits-market-300685191.html
Jul 25 2018

Beddr (get it, oh that is soooo clever) raises $5.6 million to support development and commercialization of a wearable that measures sleep-related variables and provides analytics.  The investors need to wake up.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/beddr-product-sleep/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64708403&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Jzzvoipt-dkYnCMH0CASFpjU2iC69_9VWMpkXrX22wK5JmyxE5tINqKC5tAGTEE1Rs8EeQpCga4ux9aDKrkb2EV2P1ZiVKhFZFoDMtpBZh5hwajI&_hsmi=64708403&rf=1
Jul 24 2018

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
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/
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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