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Mar 05 2018

EHR vendor Allscripts is selling its OneContent division to medical information vendor Hyland Software.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/15/1349148/0/en/Allscripts-to-sell-OneContent-business-to-Hyland.html
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
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