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Aug 30 2017

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/
Aug 29 2017

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
Aug 29 2017

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
Aug 29 2017

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/
Aug 29 2017

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/
Aug 28 2017

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
Aug 28 2017

Artemis Health's hunt for new financing for its platform which helps employers optimize health benefits is over, as it raises $16 million in a B round.

https://www.artemishealth.com/news/artemis-health-secures-16-million-series-b-round
Aug 28 2017

Provider credentialing vendor Silversheet gathers in $5 million in a new investment round.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/08/prweb14596868.htm
Aug 28 2017

Diabetes self-management app vendor Dario Health is raising $4.3 million in new funding.

http://www.massdevice.com/dariohealth-looks-raise-4m-private-placement-deals/
Aug 24 2017

Machine learning for health care vendor GNS Healthcare gets a fresh $6 million in capital from Amgen Ventures, as it focuses on drug development uses.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amgen-ventures-invests-in-gns-healthcare-to-advance-applications-of-its-refs-causal-machine-learning-and-simulation-ai-platforms-300508205.html
Aug 24 2017

AbleTo is, garnering $36.6 million in a new round of funding, as it expands its software-driven behavioral health services.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ableto-raises-366-million-in-series-d-funding-led-by-bain-capital-ventures-300508507.html
Aug 24 2017

Lumity shines, raising $19 million to support its service to simplify health plan choices and enrollment for employees.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/23/lumity-raises-19m-to-simplify-employee-health-care-choices/
Aug 23 2017

Stride Health, which helps workers who don't have employment-based health insurance locate and select a health plan, has received $23.5 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/f-prime-capital-leads-series-b-round-for-stride-health/
Aug 23 2017

Large Catholic-affiliated hospital network Ascension is merging with Presence Health, in another example of hospital consolidation which will do nothing to reduce health spending.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170822/NEWS/170829976?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170822-NEWS-170829976&utm_campaign=am
Aug 23 2017

Health care provider network analytics vendor Quest Analytics is being acquired by a PE firm for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/3468552/
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