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Best Buy continues its push into health care by purchasing remote health monitoring firm Critical Signal.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/best-buy-acquires-senior-remote-monitoring-company-critical-signal-technologies/
Genome Medical dials up a fresh $23 million in capital to support counseling for patients and consulting for clinicians on genetic test issues.
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Virtual hospital at home firm Medically Home Group garners $10 in new capital.
https://www.medicallyhome.com/medically-home-group-raises-10-million-towards-its-series-b-funding/
ChartSpan, which offers care management programs for chronic diseases, bridges its way to $15 million in additional funding
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chartspan-raises-15-million-series-a-round-led-by-bip-capital-300863522.html
Here we go again, as large optometry chain MyEyeDr goes from one private equity firm to another for $2.7 billion.
https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/goldman-pe-arm-buys-myeyedr-in-2-7b-deal-producing-3-5x-return-for-altas-partners/
Carbon Health gets $30 million in new capital to expand its convenience care clinics which also offer telehealth services.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/carbon-health-pulls-in-30m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73461852&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9jgPh9bQX0oOyap2v_43mkW325RqDXKtKdODOJinPupTGPyuKPF5Nx_2poJNvC-_SIqtdfXgobHpNYq0fYnp5oVXA_64xY8BFxdf1kBXD6zHALVvE&_hsmi=73461852
Large health plan Anthem finds its way to acquiring Beacon Health, which offers behavioral health services. Terms were not disclosed.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/anthem-acquires-behavioral-health-company-beacon-health-options/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73461852&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9jgPh9bQX0oOyap2v_43mkW325RqDXKtKdODOJinPupTGPyuKPF5Nx_2poJNvC-_SIqtdfXgobHpNYq0fYnp5oVXA_64xY8BFxdf1kBXD6zHALVvE&_hsmi=73461852&rf=1
Babel Health speaks a language investors understand, securing $5 million in funding to help with risk adjustment and encounter submission for MA and similar plans.
https://www.babelhealth.com/2019/04/25/babel-health-secures-5m-series-a-funding/
RxRevu, which offers prescribing decision support software for clinicians, has raised $15.9 million in new capital.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/uchealth-leads-15-9m-rxrevu/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73419819&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bCc0TxH31igX8vdOwL8BFiHUuvbaQDtbmXP4tLEgOmGqvOtsI4ObhOYdiHPxPvRhnUcaoyTfXKFJWGg3ar2Z4m6yuzRGbLRYurMRhG7UlGWJPQ_8&_hsmi=73419819&rf=1
Abacus Insights counts on a fresh $12.7 million for its health care data integration business for payers.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190530005229/en/Abacus-Insights-Secures-12.7-Million-Series-Financing
Welkin Health builds a healthy relationship with investors, securing $17.5 million in new financing for its patient relationship management software.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190529005197/en/Welkin-Health-Raises-17.5-Million-Series-Funding
Bon Secours Mercy Health, a large multi-state hospital group in selling a majority interest in a subsidiary that does revenue cycle management to a PE firm.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/finance/bon-secours-mercy-health-sell-majority-stake-rcm-pe-firm?utm_source=modern-healthcare-daily-finance-thursday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190530&utm_content=article1-headline
Phillo Health, which offers a digital assistant platform to monitor and communicate with patients in their homes, has bedded down a comfy $11 million in new capital.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/pillo-health-raises-11m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73188148&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CVsBgQsPcp6hZ298E7-qu4j4tKl0u3CVrkzwWYUIVL1hdNcTPvrYmQI25d4c9S8C73RuCenaFC9VzLZEbaYu1iScMeM-Qxq2YiyygAIc2hq4Co3E&_hsmi=73188148
Online behavioral firm Talkspace talks investors out of an additional $50 million in funding.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/online-therapy-company-talkspace-raises-50m-signs-major-deal-with-optum/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73188148&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CVsBgQsPcp6hZ298E7-qu4j4tKl0u3CVrkzwWYUIVL1hdNcTPvrYmQI25d4c9S8C73RuCenaFC9VzLZEbaYu1iScMeM-Qxq2YiyygAIc2hq4Co3E&_hsmi=73188148
Apple polishes up its health industry offerings, buying asthma monitoring firm Tueo Health for an undisclosed sum. The large tech firms continue to show an interest in figuring out how to play in health care.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/apple-acquires-asthma-monitoring-startup-tueo-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73094109&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BQry84P34ofHB0qB6J-mygiwk6vATFTOh7ddymBsV1SQA9w3RMD5YDZt_pM7gY0vw-hkX6Xq--VrJ7emV4WO4PnRymmALwUNdm3ebG9cqrhdCijE&_hsmi=73094109&rf=1
The 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.