Mergers, mental health, and telehealth

Are healthcare mergers toast? While the FTC lost another hospital merger case, the DOJ criticized the Cigna-Anthem deal. Here's why they might be justifiably worried.

At its annual meeting, the AMA ruffled feathers by calling digital health tools snake oil, described gun violence as a public health crisis, and approved new telemedicine guidelines to provide some clarity on the confusing world of telehealth coverage.

Funding

 

Company Amt Investors Source
Talkspace $15M Norwest Venture Partners, Spark Capital, SoftBank, Metamorphic Ventures, TheTime MobiHealthNews
Procured Health $10M Heritage Group Chicago Tribune
RetraceHealth $6.5M Lemhi Ventures, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, HealthEast Care System MobiHealthNews
Solera Health $4M BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Sandbox Industries, SJF Ventures MobiHealthNews
AVA $3M DCM, Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors Digital Journal

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