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Mar 20 2018

Sleep tracking software firm Eight (don't ask me, but the name was Luna, apparently for mooning shareholders) lulls investors into giving it $14 million more in capital, which it will promptly digest and be back for more.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/sleep-company-eights-latest-funding-round-brings-14m
Mar 19 2018

Medinas Health, which helps health care organizations sell surplus equipment, garners $1 million in fresh financing.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/15/1438144/0/en/Medinas-Health-Closes-1-Million-Seed-Round-Co-led-by-Ashton-Kutcher-Guy-Oseary-s-Sound-Ventures-and-General-Catalyst-s-Rough-Draft-Ventures.html
Mar 19 2018

Parachute Health is developing software and processes to facilitate the ordering of durable medical equipment for patients and has raised $5.5 million in new capital to support that business.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180316005132/en/Parachute-Health-Raises-5.5-Million-Seed-Transform
Mar 19 2018

Continuing a whirlwind of recent deals, probably meant to mask serious issues, Centene has made a significant investment in RxAdvance, a supposedly futuristic PBM, with the right to increase its stake in the future.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/centene-and-rxadvance-establish-transformative-partnership-to-create-next-generation-pharmacy-management-solution-300612797.html
Mar 19 2018

Siemens Healthineers unit has completed an IPO valuing it at $5 billion.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-15/siemens-raises-5-2-billion-in-german-ipo-of-health-care-unit
Mar 19 2018

Large health care IT vendor Cognizant is buying Bolder Healthcare Solutions, which offers revenue cycle management software and services for about $108 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/03/jz-capital-sell-bolder-healthcare/
Mar 09 2018

PierianDx, which helps labs manage genomic information, has raised a round of $3 million in capital.

https://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/pieriandx-raises-3m-new-funding-seeks-2m-more
Mar 09 2018

Lindora, a supervised weight loss and wellness company, has received a round of beautiful additional financing.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180220006676/en/Lindora-Receives-Additional-Growth-Capital
Mar 09 2018

According to a TransUnion report, average out-of-pocket health care spending by consumers rose 11% from Q4 2016 to Q4 2017, going from $1630 to $1813.

https://newsroom.transunion.com/patient-payment-responsibility-increases-11-in-2017/