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Jul 09 2018

Hitch Health's fundraising goes off without a hitch, getting wedded to $900,000 in new capital for its health care ride-sharing app.

http://www.startribune.com/hitch-health-raises-900k-for-health-care-ride-sharing/487530361/
Jul 06 2018

MedRhythms makes a hit, collecting $5 million in new funding to build a business using music to help with neurologic disorders, or something like that.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180629005057/en/MedRhythms-Announces-Oversubscribed-Series-Financing-Led-Werth
Jul 05 2018

Cedar Health barks up the right tree, putting down roots with $36 million in fresh financing to support its patient payment platform.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/patient-financial-management-platform-cedar-raises-36-million-series-b-300671241.html
Jul 05 2018

Inbox Health, which helps providers communicate with patients about bills, raises a skimpy $2.4 million in capital.  The inbox is not full.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15592298.htm
Jul 05 2018

EXLService Holdings, a general analytics firm,  is buying Scio Health Analytics, a vendor of data warehousing and analytics for health providers and plans, for $236 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/exlservice-buys-scio-health-analytics-for-236-5-mln/
Jul 03 2018

WelbeHealth garners $15 million in fresh financing to support its business of operating PACE programs for Medicare beneficiaries.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628006469/en/WelbeHealth-Raises-15-Million-Series-Accelerate-Growth
Jul 03 2018

Telehealth firm American Well is raising an additional $315 million in capital, for reasons that completely elude me, unless it is to fund the ongoing losses that the company must be experiencing.

https://www.xconomy.com/boston/2018/07/02/american-well-raises-290m-to-go-bigger-in-telehealth/
Jun 29 2018

Premise Health, which operates on-site employee health centers, is apparently being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/omers-prevails-in-auction-for-pe-backed-premise-health/
Jun 29 2018

Fitplan Technologies secures $4.7 million in fresh capital for its software that provides personalized fitness regimens designed by hot-shots in the personal training industry.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628005374/en/Fitplan-Technologies-Secures-4.7-Million-Venture-Funding
Jun 29 2018

Centauri Health Solutions, which provides revenue optimization and quality of care services to providers and plans, is acquiring NHI Billing Services, which offers revenue management and billing services to health systems in regard to Medicaid.

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