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Large European insurer Generally is acquiring CareLinx, which arranges for care resources to patients, generally at home.
https://medcitynews.com/2017/09/insurance-giant-acquires-caregiver-matchmaker-carelinx/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_wu846cpciivWEuYYXdTODzWbf7NbRjdGTUz3s9mLAWLMqAchZ7W9ps-916-lCDubwjSNxDll8uI-qOD6JaNRuF2ZsWp4zZYwD6OLx282gTTimlos&_hsmi=56664584
Dispatch Health, which brings health care services to the patient's place of residence, raises $31 million in fresh funding.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/09/dispatchhealth-attracts-30-8-mln/
Diabetes care management firm Livongo has acquired Diabeto, which makes a device to turn glucose meters into wireless monitors.
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/livongo-acquires-diabeto-expand-options-members
Marketware, which makes health care relationship management software, gathers $4.5 million in new funding.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/09/epic-ventures-leads-series-b-round-for-marketware/
UK vendor Leso Digital has raised $24 million to support its business of providing support to mental health professionals in delivering therapy.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/09/ieso-digital-raises-24-mln/
Medicaid managed care vendor Centene is expanding into New York by spending $3.75 billion to buy Fidelis Care.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/centene-in-a-3-point-75-billion-deal-for-new-york-medicaid-leader-fidelis-care.html
Phil (get it, a really clever pun for a name), a comprehensive medication phulphillment and delivery service, phills up on capital, getting $10 million in new phunding.
http://www.crosslinkcapital.com/blog/phil-accelerates-growth-with-national-expansion-and-10m-series-a-funding/
Charm Health, an Australian vendor of oncology practice software, charms a PE firm into acquiring it for an undisclosed sum.
http://www.one-ventures.com.au/news-story/2017/09/04/citadel-group-aquires-oneventures-portfolio-company-charm-health
Personal genomics company 23andme, which has endured its share of controversy, is raising $200 million in new capital.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/05/23andme-is-raising-about-200-million-led-by-sequoia/
Tele-therapy vendor Talkspace talks investors out of a fresh $31 million in financing.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/09/text-based-therapy-business-talkspace-maps-path-expansion/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8VwW4c4uJ5eS5Xyx3-UjxTgE7prmSNMt1i6RKlVbOR9Z-sNzjUfZPDLEMZSJKIQjnlv0ASbbjb8b96yH5OO_s4EnLYV20EwLDgo8oXRXnxJn9PW9E&_hsmi=56112273&rf=1
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/
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