Scoop: Peloton Equity-backed Arcadia seeks buyer. axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Scoop: UnitedHealth and Amazon are among several strategic bidders vying to buy Signify Health, according to sources. Story with Kiel Porter bloom.bg/3T9hklO $SGFY $AMZN $UNH

Exclusive: KKR leads $75M Series B funding in Coralville, Iowa’s Digital Diagnostics (an AI startup based in my hometown!!) axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Exclusive, just in: Patient Square's SOC Telemed acquires Forefront Telecare to tackle hospitals' ever-growing demand for more virtual behavioral healthcare. axios.com/pro/health-tec…

It's official: The merger is closed. Cox Enterprises has acquired Axios (background: axios.com/2022/08/08/axi…)

CVS really wanted Signify — so much they preempted the sale process, sources tell me. More in my full report. axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Tune into tomorrow's health tech newsletter — we've got some interesting M&A news in digital mental health land coming.

Exclusive: Headspace acquires The Shine App in a push to bring more mental health care to under-represented communities axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Check out my report for valuation details on VetCor's just-announced acquisition of People, Pets & Vets, backed by Harvest and Cressey & Co. (Plus, more on other brewing vet care activity.) axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Welp… axios.com/2022/09/19/uni…

Today's Health Tech newsletter has the deets on TWO big PE deals — KabaFusion and Paradigm Oral Health. A sign of optimism???

Medicare's annual enrollment period starts in less than three weeks. Health insurers are really pushing the narrative that Medicare Advantage saves taxpayers oodles of money. The verdict from experts: Don't buy that narrative. statnews.com/2022/09/26/med…

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Holy smokes. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Wellvana Health, the Martin Ventures-backed value-based care enabler, is exploring strategic alternatives. axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Sarah Pringle Everside Health .Everside Health Chris Miller: "We think there will be continued activity in this space...we think the entire U.S. healthcare system needs to continue to be disrupted."

Mark Cuban at #BFD

Yesterday, Homeward’s Chief Business Officer Aaron Friedkin joined other healthcare leaders at Axios's Health Tech Expert Voices roundtable discussion as part of the #AxiosBFD event. Thank you to Sarah Pringle & Tina Reed for the invitation!

More info on who else looked at Warburg's Summit Health-CityMD before VillageMD's $9B wager, the many advisers, and of course, why it matters: axios.com/pro/health-tec…