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Robin Healthcare sticks up investors for a fresh $15 million in funding to build a digital assistant for doctors.
Kaia Health, which has an app that helps patients manage musculo-skeletal conditions, gets a new $8 million in capital.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kaia-health-announces-8-million-in-funding-led-by-optum-ventures-300919137.html
Pivot Health turns quickly to gather a fresh $25 million investment for its physical and occupational therapy clinic business.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/pennantpark-backs-pivot-health-solutions/
Health Recovery Solutions, which offers patient remote monitoring products, raised a new round of $10 million in financing.
https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/09/remote-patient-monitoring-company-health-recovery-solution-raises-10m/
Navigating Cancer, which offers a cancer patient relationship management system, has raised $26 million in new capital.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/navigating-cancer-lands-26-mln-series-d/
Firefly Health lights up with a fresh $10.2 million for its technology-powered concierge service that links patients and providers--just the kind of hype that bugs me.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/firefly-health-closes-10-2-million-series-a-funding-round-to-expand-new-primary-care-and-patient-experience-platform-300918390.html
Ginger spices up its cap table, getting a new $35 million in capital for its on-demand behavioral health service.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190904005269/en/Ginger-Announces-35-Million-Series-Funding-Accelerate
VillageMD raised a fresh $100 million in funding to support growth of its primary care centers.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/villagemd-raises-100-mln/
PeerWell is on the mend with a fresh $6.5 million for its app that helps patients prepare for orthopedic surgery.
https://www.prweb.com/releases/patient_engagement_leader_luma_health_raises_16_million_to_accelerate_delivery_of_modern_patient_access_technology/prweb16518001.htm
Luma Health lights it up, raising $16 million to support growth of its patient engagement platform for health care providers.
https://www.prweb.com/releases/patient_engagement_leader_luma_health_raises_16_million_to_accelerate_delivery_of_modern_patient_access_technology/prweb16518001.htm
GoHealth, which helps consumers shop for health insurance, is apparently being purchased by a PE firm for around $1.5 billion.
https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/centerbridge-invests-in-gohealth-after-renegotiating-terms-of-1-5-bln-transaction/
Protenus (no they don't sponsor Wimbledon), a vendor of health care compliance software, has raised a fresh $17 million in capital.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-embracing-new-era-of-compliance-and-analytics-300904104.html
MDClone copies a well-used route to success, raising $26 million in capital, by claiming to create the "first of its kind platform which democratizes data to the entire healthcare ecosystem". Uhh, wow, I think I should be impressed, at least by the level of hype. Oh wait, it uses "synthetic data". Hmmm, doesn't that mean artificial? So you are democratizing fake data? Oh gosh, now I am just confused, but then I am obviously not as smart as the investors who fall for this stuff.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mdclone-developer-of-first-healthcare-synthetic-data-engine-raises-26-million-300906058.html
Nomad Health, which offers temporary staffing services for health systems, wanders into a fresh $34 million of capital.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/finance/new-york-startup-raises-34-million-staffing-platform?utm_source=modern-healthcare-daily-finance-friday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190816&utm_content=article3-headline
Nurx, which offers an online birth control product platform, has raised $52 million in new funding.
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/nurx-gets-another-52-million-deliver-mail-order-birth-control-prep-sti-test-kits
The 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.