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May 23 2018

Credit bureau TransUnion furthers its push into health care, buying Healthcare Payment Solutions, which helps providers optimize Medicare reimbursement.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/transunion-buy-iovation/
May 23 2018

Luma Health gets more capital, $6.33 million, to support its patient to provider communication platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/usvp-leads-series-a-funding-in-luma-health/
May 23 2018

Primary care clinic operator Iora Health has raised and additional $100 million in financing, as it continues to expand its Medicare patient base.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/iora-health-raises-100m-with-plans-to-double-number-of-medicare-patients-it-serves/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63111762&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--cblRDKKmmxOgU180vyDLyo41Ks_3pPye0x1QB9o8wMgph7Ld5qpMDnaxK3Cvw3WtKSD8gkamytFbQNLvwuJk1l-eDay-MTUZFJmkKG2hJTagdRrw&_hsmi=63111762&rf=1
May 21 2018

Getting off to a decent start, Decent has raised $8 million for some gibberish about using crypto and blockchain to provide a nervous system for health care.  Seriously, what moron writes these press releases and thinks they will impress any intelligent person.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-startup-decent-raises-8mm-to-build-affordable-care-for-all-300650876.html
May 18 2018

ConnectiveRx, which helps specialty and brand drug manufacturers and pharmacies with reimbursement and patient engagement, is buying The Macaluso Group, a technology vendor to specialty pharmacies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/pe-backed-connectiverx-buys-macaluso-group/
May 16 2018

PriorAuthNow, which as its name suggests, provides software to automate prior authorization processes, has garnered $10.5 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/prior-authorization-automation/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62950879&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--dkEhCTFYnv4TMiryvB0X_iA5LobDTNMYb8Aycpx6r_e16Bkq4mRlhqh5W3pOCdQDBXf9n_XXm18ZlIuVqiOIJV8gVNEMa7mQ4XESPjvaLcb__CEQ&_hsmi=62950879&rf=1
May 16 2018

Solv solves its funding problem, getting $16.8 million from solvent investors for its software that helps patients find and make urgent care appointments.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2018/05/08/solv-health-urgent-care-solv-pay/#fe677683c425
May 16 2018

Wellness vendor Livongo is acquiring Retrofit, which offers weight management and diabetes prevention programs.

https://www.benefitnews.com/news/livongo-health-acquires-weight-management-company-retrofit?utm_campaign=ebn_new_health_care-may%2015%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=9e371a311c4e64d7c3081808ae243411
May 15 2018

Hint Health gets a whiff of success, with clued-in investors providing $10 million in financing for its software that supports direct care models for providers.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hint-health-raises-10mm-to-power-the-direct-care-revolution-300644213.html
May 15 2018

Cumberland Consulting Group is buying LinkEHR to bolster its managed HIT services offerings for providers.

http://www.cumberlandcg.com/cumberland-consulting-group-expands-managed-services-practice-with-linkehr-acquisition/
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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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