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Apr 10 2018

Swift Medical offers apps and other services to help providers manage wound care and raises $11.6 million in a new financing.

https://betakit.com/swift-medical-raises-11-6-million-to-help-healthcare-facilities-manage-wound-care/?via=indexdotco
Apr 10 2018

A firm that provides transportation for Medicare Advantage members gets $1.9 million in seed funding.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/roundtrip-sees-new-ways-grow-cms-opens-door-nemt-medicare-advantage-members/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61979229&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9TSVYsp7-0-fFbaCKC7Y9rHheVSECrqFqmITGWPSLpmqB4Hi4P6ChBgP4VbqJlqJcFXNZSFMxHruSQ-MhSLjEeJ_OSjExZyFsON0ns0HawrJHCST4&_hsmi=61979229&rf=1
Apr 10 2018

Infection control firm Cantel Medical is buying Aexis Medical, which helps hospitals track equipment reprocessing, for about $25 million.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cantel-medical-acquires-aexis-medical-300617185.html
Apr 09 2018

Neurotrack garners $13.7 million in a new financing round for its platform to improve brain health, with investors being the test subjects for the product.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/03/neurotrack-fetches-13-7-mln-series-b/
Apr 09 2018

Elligo Health Research attracts $16 million in new capital for its business of involving general practice physicians in clinical research.

http://hatterasvp.com/elligo-health-research-raises-16m-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials/
Apr 09 2018

EHR vendor Netsmart is acquiring Change Healthcare's home health care and hospice software business, which Change acquired when it bought McKesson's health IT division.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180406/NEWS/180409933?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180406-NEWS-180409933&utm_campaign=financedaily
Apr 06 2018

Jordan Health Services, a large home-health care provider based in Texas, is being acquired by a PE firm, apparently for around $700 million.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/palladium-equity-partners-announces-acquisition-of-jordan-health-services-112497939.html
Apr 05 2018

Population health and wellness vendor Welltok ticks along, gathering in $75 million in a new round of capital as it moves into provider and health system markets.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/welltok-raises-75m-series-e-round-support-customer-base-expansion-health-systems/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61876674&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9xlhyMTMXZG2YoEobFOxvsixu5X0tLNdjQmW9DlVsPoKLO4P3fSNmKFelRFKn6v3rUg_jj-GTxKnsmOmD7XjH9nJQ7L-wWD4Rihfi-6x8sSn9FQ7M&_hsmi=61876674&rf=1
Apr 05 2018

Virta Health shows that virtue may not be its own reward, you need some cash too, as it raises $45 million to support its program that claims to reverse Type 2 diabetes by lifestyle changes.

https://blog.virtahealth.com/virta-health-raises-45-million-to-expand-treatment-for-type-2-diabetes-reversal/
Apr 03 2018

Genae, which provides clinical trial services to medical device firms, is buying data management firm Hilbert Paradox for an undisclosed amount, solving a conundrum.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/medical-device-cro-genae-buys-health-data-management-company?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RkaVpqSTFNMk14TURneCIsInQiOiJxbnBaak1nRW92b24xRkpVSzZBazFsR2YxQjhLQXNVMDVzYzMyXC9UWW04N1BRXC91b2ZsV2owNjlKVmR5K0xcLzJlZituWTM1KzdBckJ6QlwvaHY5V2o1UXdUVUlibTg2NzVYaFpKcHVtUnp6T1RIcXFlemZETDM2SnhWdFhNSHdoOGIifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530
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