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Jul 09 2018

Hitch Health's fundraising goes off without a hitch, getting wedded to $900,000 in new capital for its health care ride-sharing app.

http://www.startribune.com/hitch-health-raises-900k-for-health-care-ride-sharing/487530361/
Jul 06 2018

MedRhythms makes a hit, collecting $5 million in new funding to build a business using music to help with neurologic disorders, or something like that.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180629005057/en/MedRhythms-Announces-Oversubscribed-Series-Financing-Led-Werth
Jul 05 2018

Cedar Health barks up the right tree, putting down roots with $36 million in fresh financing to support its patient payment platform.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/patient-financial-management-platform-cedar-raises-36-million-series-b-300671241.html
Jul 05 2018

Inbox Health, which helps providers communicate with patients about bills, raises a skimpy $2.4 million in capital.  The inbox is not full.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15592298.htm
Jul 05 2018

EXLService Holdings, a general analytics firm,  is buying Scio Health Analytics, a vendor of data warehousing and analytics for health providers and plans, for $236 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/exlservice-buys-scio-health-analytics-for-236-5-mln/
Jul 03 2018

WelbeHealth garners $15 million in fresh financing to support its business of operating PACE programs for Medicare beneficiaries.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628006469/en/WelbeHealth-Raises-15-Million-Series-Accelerate-Growth
Jul 03 2018

Telehealth firm American Well is raising an additional $315 million in capital, for reasons that completely elude me, unless it is to fund the ongoing losses that the company must be experiencing.

https://www.xconomy.com/boston/2018/07/02/american-well-raises-290m-to-go-bigger-in-telehealth/
Jun 29 2018

Premise Health, which operates on-site employee health centers, is apparently being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/omers-prevails-in-auction-for-pe-backed-premise-health/
Jun 29 2018

Fitplan Technologies secures $4.7 million in fresh capital for its software that provides personalized fitness regimens designed by hot-shots in the personal training industry.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628005374/en/Fitplan-Technologies-Secures-4.7-Million-Venture-Funding
Jun 29 2018

Centauri Health Solutions, which provides revenue optimization and quality of care services to providers and plans, is acquiring NHI Billing Services, which offers revenue management and billing services to health systems in regard to Medicaid.

https://healthy-skeptic.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
Jun 29 2018

Bind Health, which offers "on-demand" health insurance benefits, has raised a total of $70 million in its Series A funding.

https://tech.mn/news/2018/06/28/bind-banks-70m-for-on-demand-health-insurance/
Jun 29 2018

Okay, so now everyone in the pharmacy business can officially freak out, Amazon said it will buy PillPack for about $1 billion.  PillPack bundles drugs and ships them to patients who buy online.  I don't think that is actually much of a threat to the Walgreens and CVS' of the world.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-online-pharmacy-pillpack-1530191443
Jun 25 2018

Wildflower Health, which offers, wait for it, a MOBILE APP to help families manage their health, is acquiring another, wait for it, MOBILE APP, Circle, which is oriented toward helping pregnant women.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/06/wildflower-health-circle/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63999468&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8AEDAb0QlSlYG4vcW2vXjgnWC9dCoWtqoqFW8HGAm9DH4FbUJkXyY5BP5APlLmYECLr9KyDsz3IJZ-UU3UmD0etJL4s7IQf886RVGEaaAsrcUxqn4&_hsmi=63999468
Jun 21 2018

Aaptiv, which provides digital exercise classes, gathers $22 million in new capital.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aaptiv-closes-series-c-with-52m-raised-to-date-amazon-alexa-fund-and-warner-music-group-among-new-investors-300669316.html
Jun 21 2018

How doctors dress can have an impact on patient satisfaction scores, according to research in the British Medical Journal, with most patients preferring to see a white lab coat or scrubs, depending on the setting.

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/8/5/e021239.full.pdf
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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