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May 02 2020

Look, a non-coronavirus item.  Medicaid health plan operator Molina is buying Magellan's health plan business and its care management and PBM businesses for around $820 million.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/molina-to-buy-magellan-complete-care-820m-deal?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRjNFpUaGhOalZqWlROaCIsInQiOiJqNzhYZE1RTzgyUTNhS1h0eUdJNXFDRjk0ZSszSnZTUWdJQTFHOXFXWFQzZmQwbGEwaXpSZTNWWEFhZnZESWY1Tlo0RWxNVFdUK2xNYVQxQkpySk1SSUg0U2dXamVRKzdsQXZHenJVYlZFZGE2U3FPWVJodGYyR296MHUzM2ZrNiJ9
Apr 21 2020

Jay Battacharya is a Stanford University based physician and economist.  We shared a video of a discussion with him on coronavirus issues a couple of weeks ago.  Here is a followup in which he talks about where we are now, including his work on antibody prevalence studies and the need to take into account the health harms of the lockdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7v2F3usNVA&list=PLq8BgDugd2oyqmYx6RdVlJfQeAdhJkhc3
Apr 13 2020

A Forbes article describes the discovery of coronviruses.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2020/04/11/the-secret-history-of-the-first-coronavirus-229e/#4178d74971d6
Apr 08 2020

HTD Health, which offers health care software development services, has acquired CareVoice, a provide of advance planning and end-of-life care tools.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/htd-health-acquires-carevoice-an-advance-care-planning-platform-301027899.html
Apr 08 2020

Keona Health, whose software facilitates communication between providers and patients, receives an undisclosed amount of capital.

http://www.finsmes.com/2020/03/keona-health-receives-investment-from-riverside.html
Apr 08 2020

ReferWell, which helps physicians make referrals to specialists, raised $2.7 million in capital.

https://www.intelligence360.news/stamford-connecticut-based-referwell-is-raising-2700000-00-in-new-equity-investment/
Apr 07 2020

ClinOne, a vendor of a remote clinical trial management software platform, has raised an initial funding round of $3.6 million.

https://apnews.com/Business%20Wire/c917affbd17f4c288dc5174fa96f136c
Apr 07 2020

Fruit Street goes bananas, becoming the apple of investor's eyes and raising a fresh $17 million in financing for its diabetes prevention program.  Hope investors don't end up with sour grapes.  Orange you glad I did this post.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/03/funded-by-physicians-fruit-street-health-raises-17m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84447631&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-81bC4XdDvu-h7FPHL6NLuyTsFFapT_p3ikfjOpdVb46V35JJPA12tFex1Vos1-xjljlm5snTPkobJ1minvc3SaoqJ-FMLXYL69giuT1EpFi4O9uJg&_hsmi=84447631
Apr 07 2020

Telehealth Solution, which offers telemedicine capabilities in institutional settings,  has received an undisclosed amount of additional capital from a private equity firm.

https://newcapitalpartners.com/news/press-release-new-capital-partners-invests-in-telehealth-solution/
Apr 03 2020

SteadyMD Telehealth raises $6 million in new capital for its telehealth service that allows its doctors to see patients virtually.

https://www.steadymd.com/2020/04/02/steadymd-telehealth-raises-6m-to-expand-technology-and-services-to-match-people-with-personal-online-doctors/
Apr 03 2020

Pathway Healthcare is on the road to financial success, securing a new round of capital for its addiction recovery centers.

https://www.pehub.com/pathway-healthcare-rakes-in-funding-from-ephemeris/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pe%20hub%20wire%202020-04-03&utm_term=pehub%20wire
Apr 02 2020

In this environment, I am impressed if anyone is raising money, but AristaMD garnered $18 million in capital for its software that assists in performing eConsults.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/04/aristamd-raises-18m-for-econsult-software/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=85641985&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BINqcAGREU_xkBjraSzi_ksgbGOCJhkL7qMGm53Ewqjokd0hG6XssQKccMyZA2u7lJAu3N2ygfjT1l9ejlQuVYcyjuSuWj88mgWcFBwqeQnJxj7w&_hsmi=85641985&rf=1
Apr 01 2020

A Governor shows some backbone in considering the interests of all the people of her state.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2020/03/31/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-hold-news-conference-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19/5092640002/
Apr 01 2020

An analysis of the cost and benefit of various mitigation measures.

https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Scherbina-determining-the-optimal-duration-WP_1.pdf
Apr 01 2020

The difficulty of accurately projecting coronvirus infection, death and other rates.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-make-a-good-covid-19-model/
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