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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
Jun 20 2018

Mightier has raised a strong $2.4 million in seed financing for its powerful business of using video games to help children develop coping skills.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/childrens-behavioral-health-company-mightier-attracts-2-4-mln/
Jun 20 2018

A PE firm is buying Cotiviti, which offers health care payment "accuracy" and analytics services, for $4.9 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/private-equity-firm-veritas-to-buy-cotiviti-in-4-9-billion-deal-reuters/
Jun 18 2018

Modern Health gets some up-to-date financing, $2.26 million to help employers assist workers with their emotional health.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/15/yc-alum-modern-health-a-startup-focused-on-emotional-wellbeing-gets-2-26m-seed-funding/
Jun 18 2018

Provider network software vendor Quest Analytics ends its search for a mate, finding and buying BetterDoctor, which also offers a system that manages data about providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/vestar-backed-quest-analytics-buys-betterdoctor/
Jun 18 2018

Pillo isn't resting on its laurels, blanketing investors with a successful plea for $25 million in new funding to provide robots that help keep patients at home.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/06/hackensack-meridian-health-pillo/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63828458&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_bUiRyAD7xAh32lPNtnBAjTJkuCVIffUjDM6h9REOMC8NF4Wg7tuRJ_xAdOq7_GtmaHvUmXI_Q5dHV9fPuJTauLQWXdDciLu-lkGLPnZ0sQd6vUX0&_hsmi=63828458&rf=1
Jun 15 2018

Medici attracts $22 million in fresh capital for its health care messaging app.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/06/medici-secures-22m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63788641&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-81j6Wc9VjCPL9wXiIFlflwNuxREI0X3X-e5X24aEXXYWEbB2MM30ipiU8RWjcGGPwBVjYP_USYVSahEtfJI3jL2FVGCaYpuekoaYWjxFS1tf1er24&_hsmi=63788641&rf=1
Jun 15 2018

Mindstrong Health garners a second round of financing in the amount of $15 million to promote its "brain health" services.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180614005130/en/
Jun 14 2018

A private equity firm and Cardinal Health are buying NaviHealth, which provides management of post-acute services for health plans.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/cdr-cardinal-health-invest-navihealth/
Jun 13 2018

Large managed care workers' compensation vendor Mitchell International is bolstering its capabilities by acquiring physical exam provider Medical Consultants Network.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20180606/NEWS08/912321829/Workers-comp-insurer-Mitchell-International-acquires-Medical-Consultants-Network?utm_campaign=BI20180613WorkersComp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign
Jun 12 2018

UnitedHealth Group, already the largest Medicare Advantage plan, is buying People's Health, a Louisiana MA plan with 63,000 members.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/payer-roundup-unitedhealth-buys-63k-member-medicare-advantage-plan-provider?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpaak9EaGlNREk1WmpkayIsInQiOiI2WHZ2blNab00xUjJROGtzb2ZuK1wvQytXcUh0cHFkeDUxc3g3MVZhcXR1SytTTUhDcldsOVNYNEp3SjhYdjZZTk1nQWlXMTMxUGZDYmN1dXBybkRxMWsyVWVmUTVNZmtpdmw4TFEzUnI3c09UZzE1NnRoTFhGVGV0ejRUWlI4amsifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530
Jun 12 2018

Consumer health information firm WebMd is buying Jobson Healthcare, which offers information and marketing services to reach physicians, eye care professionals and pharmacists.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/internet-brands-webmd-health-corp-acquire-jobson-healthcare-information/
Jun 11 2018

Large PE firm KKR is buying health physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare for $9.9 billion.  Envision provides physicians to ER rooms and post-acute care facilities, as well as doing teleradiology, anesthesiology and pediatrics.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/kkr-buy-envision-healthcare-9-9-bln/
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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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