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.
Headlines
The Downside Of Merging Doctors And Hospitals
Tweet | The New York Times
Apple Is Finally Designing For Women
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Facebook’s Suicide Prevention Tools Now Available To All Users
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Employers Cut Down On Wellness Benefits
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal
Why Startups Are Struggling
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Doctors Are Overloaded With Electronic Alerts. That’s Bad For Patients
Tweet | The Washington Post
After Wearable, Telehealth Exits, Investors Eye Digital Therapeutics, Efficiency Startups
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
Cancer Moonshot To Get A Boost From Federal Supercomputers
Tweet | STAT
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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