A new study in Health Services Research explores reasons for geographic variation in breast cancer treatment spending.
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Circling investors for support of its business of clinical data integration, Diameter Health triangulates on a new set of funders, hoping to grow geometrically with $9.6 million in fresh capital.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/04/clinical-data-integration-startup/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71661012&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_JKFRai_qWiiwajNgkfZ7HGhppGGAzIV0vtlHi72KcDhdzHGTHIOW-PaJ8H_7ravLMlni81JkvwehhDvmM2fVLbU6MvW7qCAaVb5a6x-KQbRrGjjg&_hsmi=71661012A study in Health Affairs finds that while by one measure patients in Medicare Advantage may start out healthier than in FFS Medicare, their health status soon converges.
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A study from Spain in Health Service Research finds that stratifying patients with multimorbidities using a common risk scoring tool, and applying a comprehensive care intervention to the higher risk patients, reduced hospitalizations, but does not give any information on whether the intervention was cost effective, which I doubt since only 9% of hospitalizations were avoided and these interventions are quite expensive.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.13094Two EMR and practice management companies are joining forces, maybe so they can sink together, as DocuTAP and Practice Velocity merge their businesses. EMR companies face a new round of consolidation as the land grab is over, doctors are fed up with lousy systems and high prices, and value is non-existent.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/04/docutap-practice-velocity-merge/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71576404&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_J3VDE03UOHGPNOdFmsnJkKTlZTQIdj2GpRGsoFRVgPWFG30bG7cvOrXFYTT_5nsqi50s6Rnm6iLbNlescxt7LHLwb6XEDiWgb-xwT19ZRXrIR44w&_hsmi=71576404A study in Health Services Research finds that number of diseases, but not length of time you have them, is strongly correlated with health spending.
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Research in the Journal of Health Economics finds that higher volume of a service at a facility does improve outcomes.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you that HealthVerity truthfully (hopefully) raises $25 million in new capital to support its patient information and identity management products. Seriously, it is amazing how much money has to be spend in health care just to identify that a patient is the same patient in multiple information systems.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190403005862/en/HealthVerity-Announces-25-Million-Series-FundingIts been a while since we checked in with our friends at the Altarum Institute to see what's up with health spending and health prices. Up being the operative word.
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Women's health group Advantia is acquiring Pacify, which does perinatal telehealth.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/health-group-advantia-acquires-telehealth-company-pacify?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJZME9USTRaamszTVdJNCIsInQiOiIxS2VxWXpJeWdvZ25TNUhzeStXU3hpb3FMdG41ZFBpbWErZUx3OXpGd3VkazJhWmVLdFwvcUp3M0lCNk9HUm5adnhWM3pCZk5Bd0xXTkw1T0I5eXkxeStCcktNREpSWnVzdU9saU5zTE9jWXk1ZWY3bkp0N1cxc1l2RVFIK1o2Z2kifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internalA report from Fair Health analyzes changes in place of service and health care prices over the last few years.
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An analysis from the Health Care Cost Initiative demonstrates the cost-raising effect of moving services to hospital outpatient departments.
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Medical Informatics, my kind of nice generic name for a company, has raised $11.9 million in additional capital to support its business of using predictive analytics to manage the care of patients in critical care units.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190402005249/en/Medical-Informatics-Corp.-Innovator-Predictive-Analytics-PatientAbout this Blog
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.
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