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Feb 07 2018

Specialized health care provider software vendor Mediware is acquiring MEDTranDirect, which sells revenue cycle management software.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/01/tpg-backed-mediware-information-systems-acquires-medtrandirect/
Feb 07 2018

Telemedicine vendor Tyto Care  (get it, isn't that clever) raises $25 million in new funding for its "breakthrough" technology for conducting comprehensive exams

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tyto-care-raises-25m-led-by-ping-an-global-voyager-fund-671647754.html
Feb 07 2018

A PE firm has acquired a 30% interest in RxSolutions, which assists lower-income consumers in finding cheap drugs.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/blue-ox-buys-minority-stake-rx-solutions/
Feb 02 2018

HNI HealthCare, which is a technology-enabled physician practice management company, raised another $33 million in funding.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180123005235/en/HNI-Healthcare-Announces-Robust-Series-Funding
Jan 31 2018

LindaCare, which does remote patient monitoring in the US and Europe, has rounded up 7 million euros in new capital.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lindacare-raises-seven-million-euro-funding-to-improve-remote-patient-monitoring-for-chronic-disease-management-670744003.html
Jan 30 2018

Telehealth company First Stop Health receives a puny $650,000 in additional financing.

http://news.morningstar.com/all/business-wire/BWIPREM20180109005934/chicago-based-telemedicine-provider-first-stop-health-secures-650000-in-additional-financing.aspx
Jan 24 2018

Another large publisher, Elsevier, is acquiring Via Oncology, which offers cancer care pathways developed at UPMC.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/elsevier-acquires-oncology-upmc-decision-support-spinoff
Jan 24 2018

Displaying mastery, insurance company AXA Group conducts an acquisition of Maestro Health, a benefits management technology firm, for and extravagant $155 million.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/01/axa-group-acquires-employee-benefits-manager-maestro-health-155m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60154561&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2MUxllhd9VW7JjuVQDEP_W4NONukzhOZTcUtDpS5CcGBdFoyW1ginC75dMcvW-FnamTUe9d-gB5LGqWkF36XJngJL8UyL7kO40xSQ1lHuehVe0iY&_hsmi=60154561&rf=1
Jan 24 2018

Large publishing firm WoltersKluwer has signed an agreement to divest ProVation Medical, its health information division, for $180 million to a PE firm.

http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Wolters-Kluwer-s-Health-Division-To-Sell-US-based-ProVation-For-180-Mln-Cash-1012899526
Jan 24 2018

Phreesia, which offers software for patient scheduling and check-in, is receiving an undisclosed investment round from a venture fund backed by health systems.

https://www.phreesia.com/2018/01/04/echo-health-ventures-phreesia-announce-close-growth-financing-round-help-patients-engage-care/
Jan 24 2018

Telemedicine vendor American Well has received a $60 million strategic investment from Allianz, a large insurer.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/american-well-lands-592m-strategic-investment-insurer-allianz-partners-philips
Jan 24 2018

Protenus (no, they are not in favor of the sport involving hitting a ball over a net) has raised $11 million in fresh capital to support its software that uses artificial intelligence to detect privacy breaches.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/01/protenus-11-series-b/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60154561&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2MUxllhd9VW7JjuVQDEP_W4NONukzhOZTcUtDpS5CcGBdFoyW1ginC75dMcvW-FnamTUe9d-gB5LGqWkF36XJngJL8UyL7kO40xSQ1lHuehVe0iY&_hsmi=60154561&rf=1
Jan 23 2018

Patient satisfaction survey and analytics vendor Press Ganey is acquiring Bivarus, which a consumer feedback platform.

http://www.pressganey.com/about/news/press-ganey-expands-real-time-data-collection-capabilities-through-acquisition-of-bivarus
Jan 23 2018

Digital health coaching company Pack Health breaks from the pack, raising an undisclosed amount from an odd investor, Coverys, a medical malpractice insurer.

https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2018/01/17/pack-health-scores-investment-from-boston-company.html
Jan 23 2018

Employer health plan analytics firm Springbuk rakes in a few bucks, $20 million in a new round of funding.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-intelligence-company-springbuk-announces-20-million-series-b-round-300585960.html
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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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