May 14 2019

Jawbone Health talks a good game, and apparently needs lots of capital to do it, as the firm gets $65 million to do some poorly-articulated thing about taking lots of data and helping people avoid preventable diseases.  When will investors learn.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/11/after-burning-through-1-billion-jawbones-hosain-rahman-has-raised-65-million-more/
May 14 2019

Two health care consulting firms are merging as Berkeley Research buys Prism Healthcare Partners in a deal that will result in a firm with over $225 million in revenue.  Both firms primarily work with health systems.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/berkeley-research-group-buying-prism-healthcare-partners?utm_source=modern-healthcare-daily-finance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190513&utm_content=article4-headline
May 10 2019

Dispatch Health homes in on $33 million in investor money, getting a new capital round.  The company has an app which allows patients to summon a provider to their home to deliver care.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/denver-startup-dispatchhealth/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72512730&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--RIAl5lfnblKtswsbVIYkgQUcZ46Z6L7Vic6eaNfYBqU-5eeRFrZBbIKA5_8g3m3ErCJWNZgi0sLqXWiTL9qmwfA6U0ccgLUnhm71NqWyqcVDGlRo&_hsmi=72512730&rf=1
May 10 2019

HealthIQ smartly raises $55 million to grow its life insurance business that offers lower rates to policyholders who engage in healthy behaviors.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/insuretech-company-health-iq-raises-55-million-series-d-for-healthy-living-insurance-policies/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72512730&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--RIAl5lfnblKtswsbVIYkgQUcZ46Z6L7Vic6eaNfYBqU-5eeRFrZBbIKA5_8g3m3ErCJWNZgi0sLqXWiTL9qmwfA6U0ccgLUnhm71NqWyqcVDGlRo&_hsmi=72512730&rf=1
May 10 2019

Large health IT company Harris Healthcare is buying Uniphy Health, which ophphers apps to help providers with communication of health inphormation.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/harris-healthcare-acquires-clinical-communications-company-uniphy-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72512730&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--RIAl5lfnblKtswsbVIYkgQUcZ46Z6L7Vic6eaNfYBqU-5eeRFrZBbIKA5_8g3m3ErCJWNZgi0sLqXWiTL9qmwfA6U0ccgLUnhm71NqWyqcVDGlRo&_hsmi=72512730&rf=1
May 08 2019

Elligo captures $20 million in new capital to support its clinical research business aiming at bringing more physicians and patients into the process.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190507005194/en/Elligo-Health-Research-Raises-20M-Connect-Physicians/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-R2sso4tCp8l0Yad2mB4_VJcgiwDl5F89IquLVWUqfRVgLxDkSKfgoruKb9yWl5as-PbWreMWuYBefATrZ0EPTVwBy5zzcjujtbJhwuWD3GRBSvR87oUDgbHejiywQBpbg==
May 07 2019

BetterPT has an app to help patients make physical therapy appointments and do followup and since its an app, for God's sake, lets pour $5 million in new funding into the company.

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/betterpt-raises-5m-physical-therapy-booking-app
May 07 2019

Roundtrip takes investors for a ride, raising $5.1 million in financing for its app that helps patients get to providers.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/roundtrip-non-emergency-medical-transportation/
May 07 2019

Behavioral telehealth company Forefront Telecare comes to the top of investors' minds, picking up $15 million in new capital.

http://forefronttelecare.com/blog/2017/2019/04/23/forefront-telecare-behavioral-health-solution-for-rural-americans-completes-15-million-growth-equity-funding-round/
May 06 2019

Health coaching app vendor Noom raises $58 million in new capital, that's right, not $5.8 million or $.58 million, which might have made more sense, but $58 million.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/heath-coaching-app-noom-will-expand-its-product-team-after-raising-58m-led-by-sequoia/
May 06 2019

Health care staffing firm AMN Healthcare is acquiring Advanced Medical Personnel, which specializes in placing nurses, for around $200 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/05/amn-healthcare-to-acquire-advanced-medical-personnel-services-for-200-mln/
May 05 2019

Tellus tells investors to give them another $9 million in capital for its business of doing electronic visit verification.

https://4tellus.com/tellus-closes-series-b-growth-capital-funding-for-more-than-9-million/
May 03 2019

Troy Medicare gathers in $5 million for its attempt to start a new Medicare Advantage that will focus on pharmacists as providers.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190501005169/en/
May 03 2019

CirrusMD's future gets less cloudy, as it gets a lofty $15 million in additional capital to support its pie-in-the-sky digital health "chat-first" business for veterans.  Less talk, more results.

https://www.cirrusmd.com/newsroom/series-b-funding
May 03 2019

3M is taking a somewhat surprising and very large dip into the medical device business, buying wound care company Acelity for $6.7 billion.

https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/3m-inks-its-largest-purchase-to-date-with-67b-deal-for-ipo-bound-acelity