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Dec 20 2018

Change Healthcare, which really hasn't, is acquiring the blockchain-related assets of PokitDok (one of whose employees actually contacted me about a post in which I made fun of the name) to add to its software platform.  Might have wanted to worry more about whether you had a real business than about people jabbing at your name.

https://www.changehealthcare.com/press-room/press-releases/detail/change-healthcare-acquires-pokitdok-assets
Dec 20 2018

Trouble conglomerate General Electric filed an expected IPO to spin off its health unit, which is expected to have a value in the tens of billions of dollars.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ge-files-ipo-to-spin-out-its-health-unit-5-things-to-know.html?origin=cioe&utm_source=cioe
Dec 17 2018

Aspen RxHealth, which aims to provide tools to connect pharmacists and patients outside traditional pharmacy settings, has raised $9 million.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/florida-startup-raises-9m-for-on-demand-pharmacist-marketplace/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68332133&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LPl76_rZqZlSJEgI_kKwaoWbx5dDvc6gpsa1Iq10B7XHQxKVTPiumb5r1fFCH21_i_aO3gp3jxofN3yPcO1bdBP4GuNJZDrTVCG7mG84NCp5quGw&_hsmi=68332133&rf=1
Dec 17 2018

A private equity firm is doing a recapitalization of Remedy Partners, which helps providers and health plans arrange bundled payments.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/new-mountain-to-invest-in-remedy-partners/
Dec 17 2018

A private equity firm which was the primary owner of BrightSpring Health, which offers a variety of home care and other services, is selling it to another private equity firm, an increasingly common form of transaction.  BrightSpring will be combined with PharMerica, which primarily operates pharmacies in long-term care facilities.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/brightsprings-marriage-with-kkrs-pharmerica-said-to-command-1-3-bln-plus-valuation/
Dec 11 2018

Myia has raised $6.75 million to use new sensor technology to monitor heart failure patients.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/san-francisco-startup-raises-6-75-million-for-remote-health-monitoring/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68221243&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6lS9Ad5y2spfoS15xlIum7Uak2GuMvWj1WIKvaucE0QF89V0wj7qWUmogT0OotuyGM_3E-xi96PiSC7ILwF41qDFGSMeGVt3BA6xPGPvHbyiVhYw&_hsmi=68221243&rf=1
Dec 10 2018

In yet another transaction between PE groups, opioid dependence treatment provider Behavioral Health Group is being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.behavioral.net/news-item/finance/report-deal-reached-sale-behavioral-health-group
Dec 10 2018

GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, a provider of revenue cycle management services and software, has been purchased by a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/chryscapital-takes-majority-stake-in-gebbs-healthcare-solutions/
Dec 07 2018

Hospital quality improvement data vendor Q-Centrix has been sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/tpg-growth-buys-patient-data-registry-q-centrix/
Dec 07 2018

Bardavon is going to revolutionize workers' compensation and gets $15 million in new capital to do that using data and data analytics.

https://www.bardavon.com/blog/bardavon-health-innovations-raises-15m-revolutionize-workers-compensation-beyond/
Dec 07 2018

CareHarmony synchronizes a fresh $2 million investment for its chronic disease care management business.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/11/15/health-tech-startup-lands-investment-from.html
Dec 06 2018

Medpilot steers its way to a new $1.7 million in financing for its revenue cycle software.

https://hitconsultant.net/2018/11/29/medpilot-patient-financial-engagement-platform-funding/
Dec 06 2018

ClearDATA (must be something going on that you are supposed to capitalize all the letters in the end of your business name) secures $26 million in new capital for its business to provide security for health information.

https://www.cleardata.com/news/cleardata-raises-funding-to-modernize-and-protect-healthcare/
Dec 06 2018

Enzyme Health catalyzes growth by gathering in $1.7 million in new financing to support its business of arranging for clinicians to find temporary or on-demand work.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/enzyme_health_raises_1_7_million_to_change_the_way_doctors_work/prweb15957637.htm
Dec 06 2018

Alto Pharmacy garners $50 million in new capital to add new pharmacies and disease categories for its high-tech dispensaries.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/alto-pharmacy-nabs-50m/
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