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PatientOne reels in investor one, getting $1.2 million in seed money for remote surgical patient monitoring.
https://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-health-care-execs-get-m-in-venture-capital-for/article_68fc851d-6f9d-59f9-9f7f-8fd2accd169f.html
Covera Health, which uses analytics to help ensure appropriate diagnoses, gets $8.5 million in new financing.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190219005318/en/Covera-Health-Announces-Series-Financing-8.5-Million
NarrativeDx talks investors into handing over $3 million for its software that helps hospitals analyze patient reviews, comments and complaints.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/narrativedx-raises-3m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70077312&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--deXJxO8g8G9MEvPRYtCc2kvuCmsJrkWHLbapplCaET4Kmbcf3drZd2fvU_tuefk2KvMq4c3wnLoAfXHmHXSD2yXOA3VpaigYMU2uQTobDyS7eg3g&_hsmi=70077312&rf=1
Ideal Option achieves the best choice of financing, securing an undisclosed amount of new capital from the Blue Cross Venture fund for its opioid addiction treatment services.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190206005206/en/Ideal-Option-Secures-Minority-Investment-BlueCross-BlueShield
Health Catalyst, which offers data warehousing and analytics for health plans and providers, has raised another $100 million in financing.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/02/health-catalyst-racks-up-100-mln-in-orbimed-led-round/
Aetion, a provider of analytics and software to help providers with value-based reimbursement, raises an addition $27 million in financing.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-health-care-leaders-back-aetion-with-27-million-strategic-investment-300789385.html
Meditation app vendor Calm calls up a collected $88 million in new capital, apparently valuing the firm at around $1 billion. How can I stay calm when I have to read about crap like this.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/05/calm-raises-88-million-valuing-the-meditation-app-at-1-billion.html
Healthy.io pees itself with excitement, as it raises $18 million for an app that uses a smartphone to help do urinalysis. So don't we be surprised when you see people using their phones to take pictures of their pee.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/healthy-io-raises-18m-to-bring-smartphone-urinalysis-tech-to-u-s/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69644103&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_mA-3zRDFNPg8CWTNmmnjvpBMIbqtbi0pPi7M67WeZuBgc_iNzYBVAatKHO0CJjrJX-BkKbxagxyNtG6m9D0F65Smlpabfku1YVHFzaiHva4Mvx4g&_hsmi=69644103&rf=1
Health insurance broker and agent software platform Limelight Health steals the spotlight, getting $33 million in new capital.
https://limelighthealth.com/series-c-funding-announcement/
Workit Health, a vendor of telehealth addiction treatment services, works investors for a dopey initial investment.
https://www.prweb.com/releases/workit_health_announces_series_a_investment_round_led_by_blue_cross_blue_shield_venture_partners/prweb16066105.htm
Bright Health has raised a fresh $200 million in capital to support its individual health plan business, which has expanded to a number of markets. No word on whether it is actually making money yet.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bright-health-announces-200-million-series-c-funding-round-as-unique-care-partner-health-plan-model-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-healthcare-300757092.html
The Pill Club medicates investors to a $51 million round for its online contraceptive products service.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190122005339/en/
Kaia backs up a truck to collect $10 million for its back pain management app. It is a pioneering digital therapeutics firm, aren't you impressed.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/back-pain-app-creator-kaia-health-inks-10-mln-series-a/
Limelight Health, which has software to help brokers interact with employer customers, spotlights a tart $33.5 million in new investments.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/san-francisco-insuretech-startup-limelight-health-raises-33-5m-series-c/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69110699&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7vtUbtJZJg3R0rMGwwhDXdzCngYRvUpW5v80F79QYZWeX7W_BAF48ahJwH1cMpG-e6F8d3K5OydiWoxigtPzqHuq3z2LaX9ErrV3Zp_YLBOXuvAo&_hsmi=69110699&rf=1
Innovaccera, which helps health care organizations combine information from different systems, has garnered $35 million in new capital.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/microsoft-venture-fund-innovaccer/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69110699&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7vtUbtJZJg3R0rMGwwhDXdzCngYRvUpW5v80F79QYZWeX7W_BAF48ahJwH1cMpG-e6F8d3K5OydiWoxigtPzqHuq3z2LaX9ErrV3Zp_YLBOXuvAo&_hsmi=69110699&rf=1
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.