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Mar 06 2018

Investors pour $40 million in fresh capital into Cota, which attempts to segment and group cancer patients more precisely and identify the best treatment for them.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/03/cota-wraps-40m-series-c-round-boost-cna-system/
Mar 06 2018

Loyale Healthcare garners $6 million in new capital to support its revenue cycle management software.

http://www.formds.com/issuers/loyale-healthcare-llc
Mar 05 2018

Patient experience vendor Press Ganey is acquiring HealthStream's patient experience and engagement divisions.

http://www.pressganey.com/about/news/press-ganey-acquires-athena-s-patient-experience-and-engagement-businesses
Mar 05 2018

A firm called XpertDox has raised a $1 million seed round to help commercialize a product that supposedly links patient to the best providers for their condition.

http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2018/02/startup_xpertdox_raises_1_mill.html
Mar 05 2018

Telemedicine vendor Dialogue talks investors out of $12 million in a new financing round.

https://www.hrtechnologist.com/news/health-medical/dialogue-receives-12-million-in-series-a-funding/
Mar 05 2018

EHR vendor Allscripts is selling its OneContent division to medical information vendor Hyland Software.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/15/1349148/0/en/Allscripts-to-sell-OneContent-business-to-Hyland.html
Mar 05 2018

EnSo Data, which offers software and artificial intelligence for sleep studies, keeps investors from nodding off by raising $1.5 million in new funding.  Yawn.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/03/colle-capital-leads-seed-round-healthcare-ai-company-ensodata/
Mar 05 2018

The Health Information Management Society, a trade association, is acquiring Healthbox to boost its ability to offer consulting services.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/himss-acquires-healthbox-get-innovation-consulting-game
Mar 01 2018

Collective Health collects $110 million in a new financing round to support its software platform that "breaks down the data and user experience silos in employer health care", whatever that means.  Really, $110 million?

https://collectivehealth.com/announcements/collective-health-accelerates-employer-driven-healthcare-economy-with-first-workforce-health-management-system/
Feb 27 2018

Government programs-oriented health plan firm Centene is acquiring MHM Services, which focuses on health care in correctional facilities.

https://centene.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/centene-acquire-mhm-services-expand-national-footprint
Feb 22 2018

Putting investors in a bind and tying them up, Bind Benefits raises $60 million in new funding for its "on-demand" health insurance.  Pretty curious about the actuarial principles behind that.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/02/20/former-definity-health-ceos-on-demand-insurance.html
Feb 22 2018

Health insurance vendor HealthCare.com is buying Pivot Health, which offers short-term health insurance policies.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/healthcare-com-acquires-short-term-health-insurance-provider-pivot-health/
Feb 21 2018

Two private equity firms are buying Dohmen Life Sciences, which offers outsourced commercialization services for medical device and biotech companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/water-street-jll-buy-dohmen-life-sciences-services/
Feb 21 2018

Tract Manager, which offers health systems contract and supplier management software and services, is buying Newport Credentialing Solutions, which helps systems track provider credentialing.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/pe-backed-tractmanager-acquires-newport-credentialing-solutions/
Feb 21 2018

Grocery chain Albertson's is buying the rest of Rite Aid that was not purchased by Walgreens, for unclear reasons, in a multi-billion dollar transaction.

https://www.benefitnews.com/articles/albertsons-will-buy-rite-aid-in-latest-amazon-countermeasure
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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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