Kevin Roche

Feb 01 2019

Disclosing Drug Prices in Advertising

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A research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine describes consumer reactions to drug pricing disclosure.

Feb 01 2019

Practice management software vendor eMDs doctors up its offerings, adding Aprima Healthcare, which offers EHR and practice management services to ambulatory care providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/marlin-backed-emds-buys-aprima-medical-software/

Feb 01 2019

Workit Health, a vendor of telehealth addiction treatment services, works investors for a dopey initial investment.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/workit_health_announces_series_a_investment_round_led_by_blue_cross_blue_shield_venture_partners/prweb16066105.htm

Jan 31 2019

PWC on Health Sector M & A in 2018

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A report from PriceWaterhouse Cooper evaluates the year that was in health care M & A.

Jan 30 2019

Population health, disease management, digital health, mobile app, (and any other buzzword) firm Livongo is acquiring myStrength, a behavioral health firm with the same buzzwords, for an undisclosed, but hopefully weak, amount.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/livongo-dives-into-behavioral-health-mystrength-buy?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRrMk9UUTVOekEzTkdJNSIsInQiOiJialJHQTF4Wng3Q2JGMXkyTWViVDdFajl6REFUcmNvV1pVemM0RHZ3MkhZTnJRcERiZEl4OG5SdWdmZTlPdTNoOFUyWkVaZXpab1oxVmRPdFB2SVNPZEFPbTF5aHBwQUZ1TEJNcHdZU0loRjR0M0s3U0E2S1lUUXRQU1wvcnJmeHgifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Jan 30 2019

Investment firm Investcorp is buying Health Plus Management, which provides practice management services to the rehabilitation and physical medicine market.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/investcorp-buys-health-plus/

Jan 30 2019

EBSCO Health, part of a large multi-industry information firm, is buying Health Decision, a clinical support vendor.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/ebsco-health-healthdecision/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69348244&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9onAPVvakGAfiov0KapC2rYbr2mYl0kynNC-3ELtJysfhjszSWlZjr-RhsjOnKmRumvakyx9xxOl5kSdbm6L-53y4but3442JUoFsTxYYkgXAqJyc&_hsmi=69348244&rf=1

Jan 30 2019

Expected Global Use of Drugs Over the Coming Years

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A report from IQVIA covers expected spending and trends in global drug use over the next few years.

Jan 29 2019

Drug Costs and Hospitals

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Rising drug prices are contributing to hospitals' increased costs of delivering care.

Jan 28 2019

The Hospital Readmissions Non-reduction Program

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More bad news for the hospital readmission reduction program, as a new study in Health Affairs concludes that it had far less effect than previously estimated.

Jan 25 2019

Bright Health has raised a fresh $200 million in capital to support its individual health plan business, which has expanded to a number of markets. No word on whether it is actually making money yet.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bright-health-announces-200-million-series-c-funding-round-as-unique-care-partner-health-plan-model-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-healthcare-300757092.html

Jan 25 2019