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Apr 19 2018

Two PE firms are doubling, no, wait, make that tripling, down by buying Triplefin, which provides patient support services for drug companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/water-street-jll-acquire-triplefin/
Apr 19 2018

Don't cross the RubiconMD, as the firm that uses technology to connect primary care doctors with specialists raises $13.8 million in a new capital round.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/healthcare-consultancy-rubiconmd-raises-13-8-mln/
Apr 18 2018

Parsley Health (whatever happened to rosemary, sage and thyme?) has raised a spicy $10 million in financing for its primary care business, which really sounds more like wellness, or maybe its a digital health app, or who knows, and I am not sure the company does either.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/parsley-health-raises-10-mln/
Apr 18 2018

Wellness and disease management vendor Livongo, which just raised a large round of funding, is acquiring Retrofit, which provides a weight and diabetes management service.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/livongos-latest-acquisition-adds-personalized-weight-management-diabetes-prevention-business/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62187569&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Xzhp66i1Ux8f5J7hOcYapXLcDKbZ7P3Cr7blXa1uLFfJ52qQnmDKImb20GO-Yai00Q98to7ntxl87yrANHC8r9Rx5soQgS1B74HNe72FpYred2tc&_hsmi=62187569&rf=1
Apr 16 2018

Vineti has added $33.5 million in new funding for its software that supports cell therapies.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/16/1471912/0/en/Vineti-Completes-33-5-Million-in-Series-B-Financing-to-Accelerate-Patient-Access-to-Cell-and-Gene-Therapies.html
Apr 16 2018

LetsGetChecked, which does at home lab tests, has gathered an undisclosed amount of financing, including from UnitedHealth's Optum arm.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/unitedhealth-s-optum-throws-support-behind-at-home-lab-test-startup-in-12m-funding-round.html
Apr 16 2018

The Congressional Budget Office provides us with a truly dismal set of federal financial projections from 2018 to 2028, featuring rapid growth in federal health spending.

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/53651-outlook.pdf
Apr 13 2018

Somatus has raised $11 million to develop and market its program to help manage patients with chronic kidney disease more effectively.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/somatus-raises-11-million-in-series-b-financing-300627795.html
Apr 13 2018

Population health and disease management firm Livongo has raised another $109 million in a new round of financing.  That is a lot of total capital into a firm that basically has a commodity product that health plans will eventually give away.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180411/NEWS/180419988?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180411-NEWS-180419988&utm_campaign=am
Apr 11 2018

ObvioHealth, which offers apps to help with "siteless" clinical trials, gets $3 million in fresh funding.

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/technology/singapore-healthcare-startup-obviohealth-raises-us3m-series-funding
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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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