Population health and disease management firm Livongo has raised another $109 million in a new round of financing. That is a lot of total capital into a firm that basically has a commodity product that health plans will eventually give away.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180411/NEWS/180419988?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180411-NEWS-180419988&utm_campaign=amA Venture Monitor report finds a robust venture capital market in the first quarter of 2018.
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A firm that provides transportation for Medicare Advantage members gets $1.9 million in seed funding.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/roundtrip-sees-new-ways-grow-cms-opens-door-nemt-medicare-advantage-members/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61979229&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9TSVYsp7-0-fFbaCKC7Y9rHheVSECrqFqmITGWPSLpmqB4Hi4P6ChBgP4VbqJlqJcFXNZSFMxHruSQ-MhSLjEeJ_OSjExZyFsON0ns0HawrJHCST4&_hsmi=61979229&rf=1Population health and wellness vendor Welltok ticks along, gathering in $75 million in a new round of capital as it moves into provider and health system markets.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/welltok-raises-75m-series-e-round-support-customer-base-expansion-health-systems/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61876674&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9xlhyMTMXZG2YoEobFOxvsixu5X0tLNdjQmW9DlVsPoKLO4P3fSNmKFelRFKn6v3rUg_jj-GTxKnsmOmD7XjH9nJQ7L-wWD4Rihfi-6x8sSn9FQ7M&_hsmi=61876674&rf=1Virta Health shows that virtue may not be its own reward, you need some cash too, as it raises $45 million to support its program that claims to reverse Type 2 diabetes by lifestyle changes.
https://blog.virtahealth.com/virta-health-raises-45-million-to-expand-treatment-for-type-2-diabetes-reversal/Accolade garners plaudits from investors, who shower it with $50 million in new capital for its patient advocacy platform, although you read the press release and tell me if you understand what they actually do from the gibberish contained therein.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/accolade-announces-50-million-in-financing-supports-solution-innovation-and-growth-to-more-than-11-million-members-300621824.htmlAbout this Blog
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.
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