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Feb 08 2018

StateServ and HospiceLink, which each provide durable medical equipment benefit management and distribution services, are merging.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/01/blue-wolf-backed-stateserv-merge-hospicelink/
Feb 07 2018

Specialized health care provider software vendor Mediware is acquiring MEDTranDirect, which sells revenue cycle management software.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/01/tpg-backed-mediware-information-systems-acquires-medtrandirect/
Feb 07 2018

Telemedicine vendor Tyto Care  (get it, isn't that clever) raises $25 million in new funding for its "breakthrough" technology for conducting comprehensive exams

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tyto-care-raises-25m-led-by-ping-an-global-voyager-fund-671647754.html
Feb 07 2018

A PE firm has acquired a 30% interest in RxSolutions, which assists lower-income consumers in finding cheap drugs.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/blue-ox-buys-minority-stake-rx-solutions/
Feb 02 2018

HNI HealthCare, which is a technology-enabled physician practice management company, raised another $33 million in funding.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180123005235/en/HNI-Healthcare-Announces-Robust-Series-Funding
Jan 31 2018

LindaCare, which does remote patient monitoring in the US and Europe, has rounded up 7 million euros in new capital.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lindacare-raises-seven-million-euro-funding-to-improve-remote-patient-monitoring-for-chronic-disease-management-670744003.html
Jan 30 2018

Telehealth company First Stop Health receives a puny $650,000 in additional financing.

http://news.morningstar.com/all/business-wire/BWIPREM20180109005934/chicago-based-telemedicine-provider-first-stop-health-secures-650000-in-additional-financing.aspx
Jan 29 2018

my brain solutions

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My Brain Solutions garners $20 million from brain-dead investors to support its business of brain assessments and brain health.  Losing this capital will smart!

Jan 24 2018

Another large publisher, Elsevier, is acquiring Via Oncology, which offers cancer care pathways developed at UPMC.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/elsevier-acquires-oncology-upmc-decision-support-spinoff
Jan 24 2018

Displaying mastery, insurance company AXA Group conducts an acquisition of Maestro Health, a benefits management technology firm, for and extravagant $155 million.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/01/axa-group-acquires-employee-benefits-manager-maestro-health-155m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60154561&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2MUxllhd9VW7JjuVQDEP_W4NONukzhOZTcUtDpS5CcGBdFoyW1ginC75dMcvW-FnamTUe9d-gB5LGqWkF36XJngJL8UyL7kO40xSQ1lHuehVe0iY&_hsmi=60154561&rf=1
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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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