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In a transaction valued at over $17 billion, Centene will acquire WellCare in a stock swap deal, creating a large Medicaid and ACA exchange plan.
https://centene.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/centene-and-wellcare-combine-create-premier-healthcare
Change Healthcare, cobbled together with multiple acquisitions of HIT companies and majority-owned by McKesson, and with the most grandiose name in the industry, is planning a massive IPO.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/nashville-based-change-healthcare-files-for-100-million-ipo/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71059782&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--CRb2VEI5HmjSDy6LJOFgZp-tb8pO4_kisuWGK_uvCd1dadoyvO-Vw8eg-iLW9McHjIvsQJEbY87ESvgfnCpAOnUq1DXlm2sxZKaId6hcUqYfX3z4&_hsmi=71059782&rf=1
Unite Us unites itself with a lot of money, $35 million in new capital, to help payers deal with social determinants of health issues.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/startup-35m-series-b/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70996491&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83Br4LmJ0VjrHPG_QpNoCNcFDydnQU4DRkofZDJV2Lq4jyvsiNd1WcS1nibE1USMVO8CnmnXXW-ONGsBq_cIU6W5o7m5GeXeYbMfA48yLaaNJSexs&_hsmi=70996491
Cleo pats investors down for a hefty $27.5 million to support a business of helping employees return to work after a childbirth leave and other events.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/cleo-raises-27-5m-series-b-to-better-support-working-parents/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70996491&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83Br4LmJ0VjrHPG_QpNoCNcFDydnQU4DRkofZDJV2Lq4jyvsiNd1WcS1nibE1USMVO8CnmnXXW-ONGsBq_cIU6W5o7m5GeXeYbMfA48yLaaNJSexs&_hsmi=70996491&rf=1
Physera has secured $8 million in new financing to provide telehealth consultations by physical therapists.
https://blog.physera.com/bcbs-venture-partners-leads-8m-investment-in-physera-3ee9ab4a5242
eHealth Technologies, a vendor of medical record retrieval services, has captured another $41 million in capital.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/03/acp-invests-41-mln-in-ehealth-technologies/
Diversified medical device and medical equipment firm Hill-Rom is acquiring Voalte, which offers a clinical communication platform for hospitals, for $180 million.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/hill-rom-to-acquire-healthcare-communications-company-voalte-for-up-to-195m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70778050&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WaEviNSrvjeuplBBivEeXcVuLBhiZ3DtZkZQApVg2i8WgIrOEi5ob7vt2NqgvSGZypVI0Nw8D4F-m22uaSo9J_hhHxSou71CW0hvCyXeCoIh88g0&_hsmi=70778050&rf=1
TriNetX garners $40 million for its business of facilitating clinical research with use of real-world evidence.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trinetx-secures-40-million-in-series-d-funding-300811347.html
Olio has collected $2.5 million in initial financing for its collaboration tool for hospitals, physicians and post-acute providers.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/indiana-startup-collaboration-platform/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70866299&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7LTmvVsN6D9OMPn1zR_uCsHvC_bdfs3dIq4eulrC9uH3hnmYgYR7yaMMcXDWV5c4JeO-ooby_bNvEDkXGnkWLWSbt3WqCGZMMApdyWz77sOg_FgU&_hsmi=70866299
Complex care management provider for MA members Signify Health is acquiring TAVHealth, which works with community organizations to improve social determinants of health.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/signify-health-acquires-tavhealth-to-boost-efforts-in-social-determinants-of-health/
Two home infusion providers, BioScrip and Option Care, have agreed to merger.
https://www.pehub.com/2019/03/bioscrip-and-mdp-backed-option-care-to-merge/
Artemis mythologizes its data analytics business to help self-funded employers reduce spending, luring investors into a $25 million capital raise.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/artemis-health-raises-25-million-series-c-led-by-bessemer-venture-partners-300812630.html
Pacific Psychotherapy Technology, doing business as Two Chairs, eases a cool $7 million from investors to develop a new mental health model.
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/02/27/the-funded-10-bay-area-startups-raise-over-200m-at.html
Real Time Medical Systems gets real, raising $10 million in new capital for its analytics tools that will supposedly help skilled nursing facilities reduce readmissions.
https://realtimemed.com/news/real-time-medical-systems-raises-10m-accelerate-growth-health-systems-acos/
Phillips, the large conglomerate with a medical group, is buying Carestream's medical imaging software business.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/philips-carestream/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70622803&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--XjxmYf-yCN9ihoR0XmDTAt3dJYymK35IUXAuqa3OWEfJz--1-Odpaevpbz6YUrq6LTHVFaRYInnx_TpDdnVIyG4M8mKvskw_AqMLfAthVgZfaA_Y&_hsmi=70622803&rf=1
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