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Mar 05 2018

EnSo Data, which offers software and artificial intelligence for sleep studies, keeps investors from nodding off by raising $1.5 million in new funding.  Yawn.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/03/colle-capital-leads-seed-round-healthcare-ai-company-ensodata/
Mar 05 2018

The Health Information Management Society, a trade association, is acquiring Healthbox to boost its ability to offer consulting services.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/himss-acquires-healthbox-get-innovation-consulting-game
Mar 01 2018

Collective Health collects $110 million in a new financing round to support its software platform that "breaks down the data and user experience silos in employer health care", whatever that means.  Really, $110 million?

https://collectivehealth.com/announcements/collective-health-accelerates-employer-driven-healthcare-economy-with-first-workforce-health-management-system/
Feb 27 2018

Government programs-oriented health plan firm Centene is acquiring MHM Services, which focuses on health care in correctional facilities.

https://centene.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/centene-acquire-mhm-services-expand-national-footprint
Feb 22 2018

Putting investors in a bind and tying them up, Bind Benefits raises $60 million in new funding for its "on-demand" health insurance.  Pretty curious about the actuarial principles behind that.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/02/20/former-definity-health-ceos-on-demand-insurance.html
Feb 22 2018

Health insurance vendor HealthCare.com is buying Pivot Health, which offers short-term health insurance policies.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/healthcare-com-acquires-short-term-health-insurance-provider-pivot-health/
Feb 21 2018

Two private equity firms are buying Dohmen Life Sciences, which offers outsourced commercialization services for medical device and biotech companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/water-street-jll-buy-dohmen-life-sciences-services/
Feb 21 2018

Tract Manager, which offers health systems contract and supplier management software and services, is buying Newport Credentialing Solutions, which helps systems track provider credentialing.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/pe-backed-tractmanager-acquires-newport-credentialing-solutions/
Feb 21 2018

Grocery chain Albertson's is buying the rest of Rite Aid that was not purchased by Walgreens, for unclear reasons, in a multi-billion dollar transaction.

https://www.benefitnews.com/articles/albertsons-will-buy-rite-aid-in-latest-amazon-countermeasure
Feb 16 2018

Pharmaceutical giant Roche is buying Flatiron Health, which has an oncology specific EHR and analytic platform, for an astounding $1.9 billion.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/roche-buying-flatiron-health-backed-by-alphabet.html
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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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