A Mark Farrah Associates brief shows that as of mid-year, health plans are having good results across all lines of business.
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NeuroFlow streams a fresh $1.2 million in financing for its program to integrate mental health care into medical care.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/neuroflow-mental-health-platform/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65824544&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-97_TdvHpEgu4IZ_MDoKO1DFf2rzt1gmtFOdoXqwk_FA8LwUe0Yvrd6rf_Hqeewqq0Hpj7EDynHOdbrqnQrhILW1VTm2ZIM8jnmhOlujVaThemAweg&_hsmi=65824544&rf=1Clarify Health clearly attracts investors, getting $57 million in new funding for its somewhat murky business of the usual data analytics, patient engagement, etc. for creating better patient care plans.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/clarify-health-nabs-57m-for-care-guidance-tech-and-clinical-trial-expansion/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65824544&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-97_TdvHpEgu4IZ_MDoKO1DFf2rzt1gmtFOdoXqwk_FA8LwUe0Yvrd6rf_Hqeewqq0Hpj7EDynHOdbrqnQrhILW1VTm2ZIM8jnmhOlujVaThemAweg&_hsmi=65824544&rf=1Two studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association discuss results from the first year of the Medicare joint replacement bundled payment demonstration.
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Hard to figure out what is really happening with premiums for health insurance purchased on the reform law exchanges.
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Medicare primary care clinic operator Oak Street Health has acquired Ampersand's Medicare clinics in Philadelphia as part of its entry into the market.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oak-street-health-purchases-medicare-operations-of-citylife-neighborhood-clinics-in-philadelphia-300707840.htmlNote this, Notable Health notably gets not debt in the form of notes but real cash financing of $13.5 million, and I would note that the company notes that it digitizes and automates physician patient communication, including notes.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180906005254/en/Notable-Health-Closes-13.5-Million-Series-FinancingToday, we hear from the PBM trade association, pointing (or giving) the finger at medication makers for high prices.
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Harris Computer Systems, a large IT vendor, has announced that its health care group will acquire Iatris Systems, a provider of services to help hospitals maximize their IT systems (tells you something when companies make as much trying to help people figure out how to use their software as they do selling the software in the first place).
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180828005204/en/Harris-Healthcare-Group-Acquires-Iatric®-SystemsIn the frenzy over drug prices, all sides are releasing studies on who is to blame. Here is one sponsored by the drug manufacturers' trade association.
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CMS released the third annual evaluation of the Maryland all-payer, global budget reimbursement system.
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