Firefly Health lights up with a fresh $10.2 million for its technology-powered concierge service that links patients and providers--just the kind of hype that bugs me.
CareDx, which claims to be a leader in precision medicine, diagnoses its problem and acquires a solution, buying XynManagement, which helps track transplant supplies and quality.
Michigan health plans Priority Health and Total Health Care are merging, new name probably to be Total Priority, which may or may not refer to quality of care members will receive.
A PE firm is buying a majority interest in Pareto Captive, which helps self-funded employers band together to organize captive benefits insurers. The price apparently was in excess of $200 million.
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