May 30 2018

Medicare and Medicaid health plan company Wellcare is buying Meridian health plans for $2.5 billion, adding plans in the upper Midwest.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180529/NEWS/180529921?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180529-NEWS-180529921&utm_campaign=mh-alert
May 25 2018

Physician house call vendor Heal secures another $20 million in revenue to continue expansion.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/doctor-house-calls-app-heal-seals-20-mln/
May 24 2018

Insightin Health persuades investors to provide $2 million in startup financing for its AI powered customer relationship management system.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/local-startup-insightin-health-announces-platform-raises-2-million-in-funding-300652224.html
May 24 2018

Honor garners $50 million for its business of providing support tools for caregivers.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/honor-raises-50m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63150595&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Mb6pqeFPAJVX8tBOzTwbQvSMOlqO7Oof_rUDFZdU9_6tdIxvLzZPzAbZhaNLvfGRwjm3z80xKk_LssRaQY0UKzvhDSaZiC-HDd3GwOd_kA5MVzbI&_hsmi=63150595&rf=1
May 24 2018

PE firm Marlin Equity Partners is buying Virgin Pulse, a wellness company, and merging it with Redbrick Health, another wellness company just acquired by Marlin.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/marlin-acquiring-corporate-wellness-company-virgin-pulse-will-merge-redbrick-health/
May 24 2018

Anthem is buying Aspire Health, which provides team-based palliative care in the home.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180523/NEWS/180529971?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180523-NEWS-180529971&utm_campaign=dose
May 23 2018

Credit bureau TransUnion furthers its push into health care, buying Healthcare Payment Solutions, which helps providers optimize Medicare reimbursement.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/transunion-buy-iovation/
May 23 2018

Luma Health gets more capital, $6.33 million, to support its patient to provider communication platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/usvp-leads-series-a-funding-in-luma-health/
May 23 2018

Primary care clinic operator Iora Health has raised and additional $100 million in financing, as it continues to expand its Medicare patient base.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/iora-health-raises-100m-with-plans-to-double-number-of-medicare-patients-it-serves/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63111762&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--cblRDKKmmxOgU180vyDLyo41Ks_3pPye0x1QB9o8wMgph7Ld5qpMDnaxK3Cvw3WtKSD8gkamytFbQNLvwuJk1l-eDay-MTUZFJmkKG2hJTagdRrw&_hsmi=63111762&rf=1
May 21 2018

Getting off to a decent start, Decent has raised $8 million for some gibberish about using crypto and blockchain to provide a nervous system for health care.  Seriously, what moron writes these press releases and thinks they will impress any intelligent person.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-startup-decent-raises-8mm-to-build-affordable-care-for-all-300650876.html
May 18 2018

ConnectiveRx, which helps specialty and brand drug manufacturers and pharmacies with reimbursement and patient engagement, is buying The Macaluso Group, a technology vendor to specialty pharmacies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/pe-backed-connectiverx-buys-macaluso-group/
May 16 2018

PriorAuthNow, which as its name suggests, provides software to automate prior authorization processes, has garnered $10.5 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/prior-authorization-automation/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62950879&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--dkEhCTFYnv4TMiryvB0X_iA5LobDTNMYb8Aycpx6r_e16Bkq4mRlhqh5W3pOCdQDBXf9n_XXm18ZlIuVqiOIJV8gVNEMa7mQ4XESPjvaLcb__CEQ&_hsmi=62950879&rf=1
May 16 2018

Solv solves its funding problem, getting $16.8 million from solvent investors for its software that helps patients find and make urgent care appointments.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2018/05/08/solv-health-urgent-care-solv-pay/#fe677683c425
May 16 2018

Wellness vendor Livongo is acquiring Retrofit, which offers weight management and diabetes prevention programs.

https://www.benefitnews.com/news/livongo-health-acquires-weight-management-company-retrofit?utm_campaign=ebn_new_health_care-may%2015%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=9e371a311c4e64d7c3081808ae243411
May 15 2018

Hint Health gets a whiff of success, with clued-in investors providing $10 million in financing for its software that supports direct care models for providers.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hint-health-raises-10mm-to-power-the-direct-care-revolution-300644213.html