Kevin Roche

Mar 20 2020

HealthStream flows along, as the health care human resources company acquires NurseGrid, a vendor of nurse staffing and scheduling software for $25 million.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/healthstream-pays-25m-acquire-portland-startup-nursegrid-maker-mobile-app-nurses/

Mar 20 2020

Heartbeat Health stirs up $8.2 million in financing for its telehealth app to allow patients to talk to cardiac experts and be referred to appropriate care.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/12/heartbeat-health-series-a/

Mar 20 2020

Financial Incentives and Consumer Behavior

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A Healthsparq survey indicates how financial incentives can move consumer behavior.

Mar 19 2020

Inbox Health collects $4.4 million in a capital raise for its business to help billing companies communicate better with patients and providers.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/inbox-health-raises-4-4m-seed-round-to-modernize-healthcare-billing/

Mar 19 2020

Health Data Analytics Institute, the kind of nice descriptive name I like, garners a fresh $16 million in funding for its platform that helps health systems predict clinical outcomes.

https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/health-data-analytics-institute-series-unknown--d93170d5

Mar 19 2020

b.well Connected Health, connects with investors and punctuates its future with $16 million in new funding for some kind of digital, mobile, software, platform, for consumers to collect health data.

https://hitconsultant.net/2020/03/11/b-well-connected-health-personalized-health-platform-funding/

Mar 19 2020

The Rest of the MedPAC Report to Congress

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Today we cover the rest of the MedPAC Annual Report.

Mar 18 2020

More on the Damage from the Irrational Coronavirus Reaction

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We all need to think about whether the extreme damage that is being done to people's lives by the reaction to the coronavirus isn't worse than the disease itself.

Mar 18 2020

More from MedPAC’s Annual Report to Congress

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Another area dealt with extensively in the MedPAC annual report is Medicare Advantage.

Mar 17 2020

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By Kevin Roche Headlines One Comment

I am convinced that what we are doing to ourselves in reaction to the corona virus is a grotesque over-reaction which will wreak enormous economic, and health, damage on our citizens. It’s time to fight back by telling politicians to weigh the costs of these measures before they are taken. See #thecureisworsethanthedisease and pass it on.

Mar 17 2020