Kevin Roche

Jun 24 2019

CityMD and Summit Medical Group are merging, bringing together a private equity owned urgent care center company and a large provider group.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/citymd-and-summit-medical-group-merge?utm_source=modern-healthcare-daily-finance-friday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190621&utm_content=article2-headline

Jun 24 2019

Revenue cycle management software vendor eSolutions is acquiring Practice Insights, which is largely a claims clearinghouse.

https://www.esolutionsinc.com/practice-insight-acquired-by-esolutions

Jun 24 2019

Health care provider payments vendor Equian is apparently being acquired by UnitedHealth Group for $3.2 billion.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/report-unitedhealth-picks-up-healthcare-payments-company-equian-in-3-2b-deal/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73941832&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_piS23xfyeAoq8ijveZY1dXqENe9pn4YXXw-OTyDvF2JjMBz1-qVOBPmWo29_PGbC3zpREwFLB-9ZdUB6l9NcGUZlfNU0R2g4xgG5xRe7XFschylo&_hsmi=73941832&rf=1

Jun 24 2019

PWC’s 2020 Medical Cost Trend Report

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PWC releases its annual report on what employers can expect in the way of medical cost growth for the coming year.

Jun 21 2019

The Employment-based Health Insurance System

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A Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzes the impact on health care in the US of having a largely employment driven health insurance market.

Jun 20 2019

Medxoom, a health care payments technology vendor, speeds up its business with $3.2 million in fresh funding.

https://www.prdistribution.com/news/medxoom-raises-32mm-to-build-healthcare-marketplaces.html

Jun 20 2019

Apricity, which says it is a virtual fertility clinic, and aren't you curious how that works, raised 6 million euros in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/06/virtual-fertility-clinic-apricity-lands-series-a-funding/

Jun 20 2019

Vida Health garners $3 million in a new financing round to support its digital health coaching business.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/vida-health-raises-30m-series-c-from-guidewell-teladoc-and-workday/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73875825&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--QSGtMCznHp3BMMURWURpDPdv5pmL4qMcgsXGgZ4vNk8aM4bFrGzFUAPM4M7OO9SrF8x3-iRQdivT9MnVk0Q9QUydGX-JCf8ePDG3N0OOhw1RRR7Q&_hsmi=73875825&rf=1

Jun 20 2019

Relative Performance of Provider Network Types

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An analysis from the Integrated Healthcare Association comparing provider network types finds that ACOs performed well in controlling costs.

Jun 19 2019

SubjectWell, a vendor of services to help with patient recruitment for clinical trials, has raised $10 million in new capital.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190618005161/en/SubjectWell-Raises-10M-Expand-Risk-Free-Patient-Recruitment

Jun 19 2019

Cara Care, a German digital health company focused on digestive system care (if its digital does that mean stick a finger in one or the other end of your alimentary canal?) gets a $7 million financing round that includes pharma giant J & J.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/j-j-leads-7m-round-for-german-digital-health-co-cara-care?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTUdJNU9XVmlaVEExTXpOaSIsInQiOiJ1SzBseUhZXC9ZczNwME5RczhUMm9kVndycGNhcFdpYlFhWUp5aVhhNmRMKytVbTBsbWQ1K3FKczNNbVlOWHRYTGQ4cFRERDVDTkJMa3BLb1JrUG1nMW5TN0dwaXhYQURwWFpvK3NGZHlUZHBWRGl1TTJMNWZJK3BuVkduV3BEUGoifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530

Jun 19 2019

Adjunct Providers and Complex Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants appear to do as good a job at managing complex patients as physicians, but at a lower cost.

Jun 18 2019

MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress

http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/jun19_medpac_reporttocongress_sec.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Jun 18 2019

Collective Health has raised a massive $205 million round of new capital, as it grows its third-party administrator business for employee health benefit plans.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/collective-health-raises-205m-series-e-led-by-softbank-to-reduce-healthcares-complexity/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73783870&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tjGzl-utagM4KIZ_Jv-0bTp6DwltxSQADw2Q55A6KJSbLbOiz4RZqY-3sSeE8Qo4_C5yT30p8ewBgTJuPN8NkLBa4ToBk0DivI-GU7HocLhjmMGQ&_hsmi=73783870&rf=1

Jun 18 2019

Accumen, which helps health systems with laboratories, blood collection and other services, is acquiring Halfpenny Technologies, a firm engaged in clinical data exchange software.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/accumen-buys-halfpenny-technologies/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73783870&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tjGzl-utagM4KIZ_Jv-0bTp6DwltxSQADw2Q55A6KJSbLbOiz4RZqY-3sSeE8Qo4_C5yT30p8ewBgTJuPN8NkLBa4ToBk0DivI-GU7HocLhjmMGQ&_hsmi=73783870