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Qliance, which operated a set of primary care clinics that took payment directly from patients, has gone out of business.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/direct-primary-care-group-files-for-bankruptcy-after-abruptly-closing-clinics.html
Medicare and Medicaid health plan company Wellcare is buying Meridian health plans for $2.5 billion, adding plans in the upper Midwest.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180529/NEWS/180529921?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180529-NEWS-180529921&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Physician house call vendor Heal secures another $20 million in revenue to continue expansion.
https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/doctor-house-calls-app-heal-seals-20-mln/
Insightin Health persuades investors to provide $2 million in startup financing for its AI powered customer relationship management system.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/local-startup-insightin-health-announces-platform-raises-2-million-in-funding-300652224.html
Honor garners $50 million for its business of providing support tools for caregivers.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/honor-raises-50m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63150595&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Mb6pqeFPAJVX8tBOzTwbQvSMOlqO7Oof_rUDFZdU9_6tdIxvLzZPzAbZhaNLvfGRwjm3z80xKk_LssRaQY0UKzvhDSaZiC-HDd3GwOd_kA5MVzbI&_hsmi=63150595&rf=1
PE firm Marlin Equity Partners is buying Virgin Pulse, a wellness company, and merging it with Redbrick Health, another wellness company just acquired by Marlin.
https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/marlin-acquiring-corporate-wellness-company-virgin-pulse-will-merge-redbrick-health/
Anthem is buying Aspire Health, which provides team-based palliative care in the home.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180523/NEWS/180529971?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180523-NEWS-180529971&utm_campaign=dose
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/
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/
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
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