Broad-based health management company Medecision decides to buy GSI Health, which offers software to help providers with value-based payment arrangements, particularly for Medicaid business.
https://liberatehealth.medecision.com/medecision-acquires-health-delivery-system-transformation-pioneer-gsi-health/A report from the National Academy of Medicine focuses on clinician burnout.
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A report from Massachusetts looks at why health spending isn't being better controlled despite the state's intensive efforts at reduction.
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A new EBRI study examines privately insured patients with persistent high health spending.
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A study in the journal Circulation illustrates the benefits of including specialists in ACOs.
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Avia flys off with $22 in new funding for its digital health insights business, and I have no idea what value they actually bring to their health system customers and investors but the press release is full of disruption, etc. etc.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191023005232/en/AVIA-Raises-22-Million-New-Funding-PropelThe latest briefs on health care prices and spending from the Altarum Institute show ongoing moderate growth.
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The Government Accounting Office releases a report on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in Medicare Part D.
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Octave Health strikes a positive note, collecting $11 million in new capital to support its behavioral health business which matches patients with in-person or telehealth care.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/10/behavioral-health-startup-octave-raises-11m-strikes-deal-with-california-insurer/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=78367427&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-813Kfh5NxmURFZ4hP4pjmsmBIzLuxfBoT6htG56kVYnVx2MlM7a3BU4IkNpgpxryAztPydq6m-jBp0_WwUwvuJQYnnvoPEipc7d6LzJUlu9t_oLTg&_hsmi=78367427&rf=1Physicians feel a heavy regulatory burden that diverts them from patient care, according to a regular report from the MGMA.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.