Oct 31 2019

The Optum division of UnitedHealth Group has apparently acquired Vivify Health, which conducts remote patient monitoring for a variety of conditions.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/30/unitedhealthcare-acquires-vivify-health-patient-monitoring-start-up.html
Oct 31 2019

Contract research vendor Icon has acquired Symphony Clinical Services, which provides clinical trial-related services in a patient's home.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/icon-snaps-up-at-home-patient-services-company?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpFME9UTTVPREF4T0RsaiIsInQiOiJnTnE3Z0pqd1dQVjJaeGxSbEVmazY2RWVhM2dwM3RUR1liVVdKNWhmZXVMbFIzQlM3elNFS29icUt2WXZBajFucGQ0dFdQUFcyd0krMTI2N21WdWhZdHhwYzZ6U205OWtqd3lYMWJ1Y2src3dKT2s2WEFnM0psamZibFwvNjg0aEkifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530
Oct 30 2019

GPO and software vendor Premier has purchased MedPricer, which offers software and services to help health systems with purchased services.

https://www.hpnonline.com/sourcing-logistics/products-purchased-services/article/21112393/premier-inc-acquires-medpricer
Oct 30 2019

Broad-based health management company Medecision decides to buy GSI Health, which offers software to help providers with value-based payment arrangements, particularly for Medicaid business.

https://liberatehealth.medecision.com/medecision-acquires-health-delivery-system-transformation-pioneer-gsi-health/
Oct 25 2019

Amazon adds to its health capabilities by purchasing Health Navigator, which offers online symptom checking and triage tools designed to help steer patients to appropriate treatment paths.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/23/amazon-acquires-digital-health-start-up-health-navigator.html
Oct 24 2019

Australia-based firm MedAdvisor, which provides an app to help patients manage the medications, raises $11.5 million in new financing, led by HMS Holdings.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/medadvisor-raises-115m-hms-led-placement-investment
Oct 24 2019

Tempest storms Wall Street for a fresh $10 million in capital, supporting its alcohol abuse treatment services.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tempest-secures-10-million-in-series-a-financing-to-make-recovery-from-alcohol-use-disorder-accessible-and-aspirational-300936157.html
Oct 24 2019

Avia flys off with $22 in new funding for its digital health insights business, and I have no idea what value they actually bring to their health system customers and investors but the press release is full of disruption, etc. etc.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191023005232/en/AVIA-Raises-22-Million-New-Funding-Propel
Oct 22 2019

Octave Health strikes a positive note, collecting $11 million in new capital to support its behavioral health business which matches patients with in-person or telehealth care.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/10/behavioral-health-startup-octave-raises-11m-strikes-deal-with-california-insurer/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=78367427&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-813Kfh5NxmURFZ4hP4pjmsmBIzLuxfBoT6htG56kVYnVx2MlM7a3BU4IkNpgpxryAztPydq6m-jBp0_WwUwvuJQYnnvoPEipc7d6LzJUlu9t_oLTg&_hsmi=78367427&rf=1
Oct 21 2019

Connecture, an early vendor of private health insurance exchange services, has been acquired by N. Harris Computer Corp.

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2019/10/17/canadian-company-acquires-connecture/?slreturn=20190919105931
Oct 18 2019

PBM Express Scripts, now a part of Cigna, buys 340B pharmacy service and software vendor Verity Solutions for an undisclosed price.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/express-scripts-acquires-verity-solutions/
Oct 17 2019

Vim shows some vigor, collecting $24 million in new funding for its software which supposedly matches patients with providers.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/09/vim-raises-24-million-to-match-patients-with-top-health-care-providers/
Oct 17 2019

Lively, an administrator of health savings accounts, avoids death by securing $27 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/hsa-provider-lively-nabs-27-mln-series-b/
Oct 16 2019

Mednition, a vendor of artificial intelligence that helps emergency room staff triage patients, garners $10 in new funding.

https://www.aitimejournal.com/mednition-raises-10-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-concord-health-partners
Oct 16 2019

Okay, time for another dumb joke about investing in firms related to cognitive functioning, as Braincheck lulls investors into a fresh financing of $8 million for its software to help providers assess cognitive status.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/09/braincheck-closes-8m-series-a-funding-round-empowers-physicians-with-a-better-way-to-assess-cognitive-impairment-dementia/