TA Associates has acquired Alere Medical Inc., a Reno, Nev.-based provider of disease management services to group health plans. The deal is valued at $175 million, and was done in partnership with company management. Alere had raised around $96 million in VC funding since 1996, from firms like Flagship Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, S.R. One Ltd., Cutlass Capital, Firemark Advisors,