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Apr 15 2016

You can never have too many consultants, right, especially if you want projects to drag on forever and have someone else to blame for things that don't work, so Cumberland Consulting is acquiring Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting.  Both firms do IT and operations consulting for health care firms.

http://hitconsultant.net/2016/04/04/cumberland-consulting-group-acquires-oleen-pinnacle-healthcare-consulting/
Apr 15 2016

Population health management vendor Lightbeam Health Solutions has lasered in on Browsersoft, not just browsing, but acquiring the supplier of HIE capabilities to hospitals.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightbeam-health-solutions-announces-acquisition-of-browsersoft-inc-300246900.html
Apr 15 2016

Sweetch has raised a sweet $3.5 million for its app to help consumers who are pre-diabetic.

http://www.geektime.com/2016/04/07/jerusalem-startup-sweetch-nets-3-5m-investment-for-diabetes-prediction-technology/
Apr 15 2016

Playing sweet music, Quartet Health has garnered $40 million for its business of connecting primary care and behavioral health providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/quartet-health-40m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=30cd5b4b14-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-30cd5b4b14-408793005
Apr 14 2016

Midmark, a supplier of outpatient workflow software, is acquiring Versus Technology, which offers health care firms location technology, versus growing on its own.

http://www.versustech.com/rtls-news/press-releases/midmark-acquire-workflow-technology-firm-versus-technology-inc/
Apr 14 2016

Accruent is acquiring Mainspring Healthcare Solutions.  Both companies operate in the health care facility and asset management space.

http://www.accruent.com/news/accruent-acquires-mainspring-healthcare-solutions
Apr 14 2016

Lab IS provider Sunquest Information Systems is acquiring GeneInsight, which offers genetic test analysis and reporting software.

http://www.sunquestinfo.com/news-resources/sunquest-acquires-geneinsight-to-enhance-precision-medicine-capabilities/
Apr 14 2016

Universal patient identifier and registration software provider CrossChx isn't penalized for accruing $15 million in new capital.

https://crosschx.com/release/healthcare-startup-crosschx-raises-15-million-to-expand-unique-patient-identifier-across-the-u-s/
Apr 14 2016

Familia Dental Group, which has 31 dental clinics in five Midwest states, has received an undisclosed amount of capital investment from a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3325527/
Apr 14 2016

CareDox gets $2.8 million in financing to help schools maintain student health records.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3325520/
Apr 12 2016

Livingo hasn't died, in fact it lives even better with a fresh $44.5 million in capital to expand its digital care management platform beyond diabetes.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160412/NEWS/160419980?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160412-NEWS-160419980&utm_campaign=am
Apr 08 2016

It gives us great happiness to report that HealthJoy, a "virtual health care guide" has raised $3 million for virtually nothing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-healthjoy-startup-funding-gohealth-20160406-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=28168114&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_gncc-8RldRNLU5g6BmS-iHIRBrf25Ex7_sQH_gbn7QGofcCs098uw9DDxIqVLUZtBumLzCD2dYBaHLNeXdMAFYxvd_ECZhNq9_U3gFv8LaCdVL6M&_hsmi=28168114
Apr 08 2016

Inventiv, which was public once before, is going that way again, hoping to raise up to $500 million in an IPO.

http://www.fiercecro.com/story/inventiv-go-public-hopes-raise-500-million/2016-04-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpVME5HTXpZemM0WVdOayIsInQiOiJpMkt2RXlkXC9cL1NacUMxZW03YnQ0cytNTW03enZucHB3T1ZOQ1pXVmVQXC9CMFg2c1M5QXgzVFY0SFFUUzZiMWxxU2s4NWVTaVFjbzB4dnBicVZUbzZ6UTJ3V3o3KzRcL0l3dkZFMGV4Qk1VWEk9In0%253D
Apr 06 2016

Another new-style insurer has a bright idea, as Bright Health shines in raising $80 million to begin selling policies in one state, with hopes of expanding to five.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160406/NEWS/160409913?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160406-NEWS-160409913&utm_campaign=financedaily
Apr 05 2016

Health care administrative process software vendor Ability Network is buying eHealth Data Solutions, which provides revenue cycle management software for long-term and post-acute care providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/ability-buys-ehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=af1b5c4ea2-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-af1b5c4ea2-408793005
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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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