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Publicly held PACE program pharmacy company Tabula Rasa is acquiring SinfoniaRx, a medication therapy management firm.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/09/pe-backed-tabula-rasa-buys-sinfoniarx/
According to a survey from the Medical Group Management Association, wait times both to get an appointment and to see the doctor once you show up, have declined in the last year, and they both are shorter for independent physician groups than for hospital-owned ones.
https://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/patient-engagement/survey-wait-times-down-patient-portal-use-medical-practices
Large workers' compensation managed care firm Genex has acquired pain management company Prium.
http://www.wcauthority.com/article/20170901/NEWS08/912315595/Genex-acquires-pain-intervention-program-provider-Prium?utm_campaign=BI20170906WorkersComp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign
I only add this because I love the name. German firm Selapy, which offers online therapy (particularly for investors) has raised a seed round of capital.
https://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/en/selfapy-secures-seven-figure-funding/
Somatix gathers a new $6 million in funding, hoping to expand its service of using wearables to allow clinicians to monitor patients.
http://nocamels.com/2017/07/digital-health-platform-somatix-raises-6m/
Online appointment scheduling vendor DocASAP garners new financing in an undisclosed amount.
https://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2017/07/19/PH44555
Greenspace Mental Health, which helps track behavioral health outcomes, raises $1.4 million in additional capital.
https://www.accelerateokanagan.com/community/blog/news/greenspace-mental-health-raises-14-million-seed-round-funding-led-prime-quadrant-lp/
PhysIQ, which helps physicians remotely monitor vital signs, gets a pulse by adding $8 million in capital.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170725/BLOGS11/170729923/health-internet-of-things-startup-gets-8-million
PriorAuthNow, which does what its name suggests, has garnered $3.6 million in a new capital-raising round.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/priorauthnow-seals-3-6-mln/
Women's health startup Maven Health closes on $11 million in new financing to "disrupt women's health care." I hope they mean disrupt in a good way.
http://fortune.com/2017/07/25/womens-health-startup-maven/
UnitedHealth Group is buying the health consulting arm of Advisory Board for $1.3 billion. Be interesting to see how hospitals react to the new owner.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170829/NEWS/170829882?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170829-NEWS-170829882&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Satchel Health gets $1.5 million in new capital for its software that connects providers to patients in post-acute care settings.
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/satchel-health-adds-another-15m-its-post-acute-focused-telemedicine-platform
Limelight Health, which streamlines the sales and enrollment process for health plans, garners a fresh $7 million in funding.
https://www.limelighthealth.com/limelight-health-raises-7-million-expand-employee-benefits-quote-enrollment-platform/
UK-based Push Doctor, which offers telemedicine services, has raised $26 million in fresh funding.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/05/push-doctor-series-b/
Hospital telepharmacy vendor PipelineRx receives additional capital from a couple of sources, continuing a 2017 funding blitz.
http://www.pipelinerx.com/press-releases/pipelinerx-announces-investment-california-healthcare-foundation-foster-improved-patient-care-advanced-telepharmacy-solutions/#.WaQ0bsaZOi4
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