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Aug 06 2016

Teledermatology company 3Derm garners $3 million for expansion.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/08/3derm-teledermatology-business/?rf=1
Aug 06 2016

Online EMR vendor Elation is ecstatic to receive a joyous $15 in new funding from ebullient investors.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/04/elation-health-receives-15m-to-take-another-crack-at-electronic-health-records/
Aug 04 2016

Providence Health, a Washington state-based health system, is acquiring Medicast, which has a mobile app for physician house calls.

http://mobihealthnews.com/content/providence-st-joseph-health-acquires-medicast-early-app-enabled-house-call-service-provider
Aug 04 2016

Medicare's hospital readmission penalty, which we have repeatedly described as unfair and inept, is now punishing more than half the country's hospitals, with a cumulative revenue loss of over $500 million.

http://khn.org/news/more-than-half-of-hospitals-to-be-penalized-for-excess-readmissions/
Aug 04 2016

Another drug company service firm, CRO Medpace, is seeking to go public and raise as much as $151 million.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/medpace-seeks-151m-ipo-says-cro-industry-worth-31b-by-decade-s-end?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRCaU9HSTBNek5sWVRaaiIsInQiOiJwa2Vpa1FZY05nN2V4b1hiS0dsWE42MEswMmNCVFYrMzVHRWloYVVBZnA3cFlyRU1xTVJET0NBQW9sd3JFTGUxYnJZOHprUWV6RFNOVXZrMzBFZkFidzNQVTU5YXh5Z1FVbTlFYmxxQnlYVT0ifQ%3D%3D
Aug 04 2016

Drug marketing service firm Inventiv has cancelled its return as a public company, instead taking a huge investment from a PE firm.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/inventiv-cancels-ipo-as-it-announces-major-investment-from-advent?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRCaU9HSTBNek5sWVRaaiIsInQiOiJwa2Vpa1FZY05nN2V4b1hiS0dsWE42MEswMmNCVFYrMzVHRWloYVVBZnA3cFlyRU1xTVJET0NBQW9sd3JFTGUxYnJZOHprUWV6RFNOVXZrMzBFZkFidzNQVTU5YXh5Z1FVbTlFYmxxQnlYVT0ifQ%3D%3D
Aug 04 2016

GoHealth, the operator of an online health insurance marketplace, is acquiring health insurance agency Connected Benefits to facilitate offering of group plans.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-gohealth-acquisition-group-insurance-bsi-20160722-story.html
Aug 04 2016

MedCurrent receives $2.8 million in additional funding for its clinical decision support software.

https://www.pehub.com/canada/2016/7/3343962/
Aug 03 2016

Canadian telecom firm Telus' health arm is buying Nightingale's Canadian EMR business for aboot $14 million.

http://www.mckesson.com/about-mckesson/newsroom/press-releases/2016/mckesson-health-solutions-extends-vbr-portfolio/
Aug 03 2016

Drug distributor McKesson has acquired Health QX, which offers providers and plans assistance with bundled and episode payment systems.

http://www.mckesson.com/about-mckesson/newsroom/press-releases/2016/mckesson-health-solutions-extends-vbr-portfolio/
Aug 03 2016

Merck has acquired a majority interest in Staywell, which offers health education materials in a variety of formats.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160711005372/en/Merck’s-Healthcare-Services-Solutions-Invests-Majority-Stake
Aug 02 2016

CureFit gets $15 million to develop apps to help consumers manage health conditions.  Gee, where I have heard about a business like that before.

https://www.thedollarbusiness.com/news/mukesh-bansals-curefit-bags-15-million-investment/47243
Aug 02 2016

Network Locum, which helps staff physicians at provider sites, attracts $7 million for growth capital.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/04/network-locum-bags-7m-to-grow-its-doctor-staffing-platform/
Aug 02 2016

Creo Wellness has raised $2.5 million in fresh funding.

http://form-d.findthecompany.com/l/332179/Creo-Wellness-LLC
Aug 02 2016

DreaMed Diabetes, whIch proVides perSonalized diaBetes plAns, hAs raiSed aN addiTional $3.3 milLion iN capiTal.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dreamed-diabetes-raises-33-million-from-norma-investments-and-a-strategic-investor-300303138.html
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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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