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Jun 09 2016

Retrace Health plows new ground with a $7 million financing round to go back to its roots as a home and video visit company.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/06/3337653/
Jun 07 2016

Jiff has raised a quick $17 million in a C round.  Jiff helps employers and employees manage health benefits, including wellness programs.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/employer-wellness-tech-specialist-jiff-raises-17m-follow-funding-series-c/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6ea0cccc75-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-6ea0cccc75-408793005&rf=1
Jun 03 2016

Evidation Health has  raised $11.6 million in new funding to help provide clinical evidence on new digital health and app products, which I thought were so obviously wonderful that they didn't need any evidence that they actually make a difference.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/evidation-health-raises-11-6m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e52ac4994f-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-e52ac4994f-408793005
Jun 02 2016

PE-owned MedAssets-Precyse, formed in a complex transaction, is acquiring Equation, a health care provider financial and clinical outcomes consulting firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/06/pamplona-backed-medassets-precyse-acquires-equation/
Jun 02 2016

$25 million in new capital flows to EarlySense, a vendor of "contact-free" vital sign and other health data monitoring products.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/06/3336712/
Jun 02 2016

Fruit Street Health raises a zany $5.4 million from physicians in a crowdfunding for something or other, maybe having to do with wearables, data, population health, a real fruit salad.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/telehealth-nutrition-consults/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4b2f86a692-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-4b2f86a692-408793005&rf=1
Jun 02 2016

RubiconMD has raised $4 million to support its business of reducing unnecessary use of specialist doctors.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/rubiconmd-raises-4m-series-a-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4b2f86a692-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-4b2f86a692-408793005&rf=1
May 28 2016

Society of Actuaries Report on 2017 Exchange Premiums

http://www.actuary.org/files/publications/IB.Drivers5.15.pdf
May 27 2016

IMS Health is acquiring Privacy Analytics, which has tools to anonymize health information.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160525005195/en/IMS-Health-Acquires-Privacy-Analytics-Advancing-Real-World
May 27 2016

Covtiviti, which audits health care payments on behalf of CMS and commercial insurers, did an IPO raising over $230 million, but its stock closing off the offering price.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160526/NEWS/160529925?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160526-NEWS-160529925&utm_campaign=am
May 27 2016

Lumiata lights it up with $10 million in new capital for, wait for it, a predictive analytics tool for population health management.  Ooohhh, cool.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/lumiata-raises-10m-ramp-product-development-predictive-analytics-risk-assessment/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cd64fe67dd-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-cd64fe67dd-408793005&rf=1
May 25 2016

Hopefully large software vendor SAP isn't being played for a sap by making an $18 million investment in health care price transparency firm Castlight, whose shares are down mightily following its IPO and which apparently still needs capital after blowing through tens of millions of dollars.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160520/NEWS/160519874?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160520-NEWS-160519874&utm_campaign=hits
May 25 2016

Apixio has raised $19.3 million for its "cognitive" search tools that help find "actionable" data in EMRs.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/apixio/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=106ea8bde5-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-106ea8bde5-408793005&rf=1
May 19 2016

Decisio Healt raise $4.5 millio fo it softwar tha help hospital improv clinica processe.

http://hitconsultant.net/2016/05/18/33883/
May 19 2016

Healthify, which helpifys health plans and health systemifys manage the socialify needs of their populationifys, does an iffy deal, raising $2.5 millionify.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/healthify-raises-2-5-mln/
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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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