Adjusting Medicare Advantage stars ratings for socioeconomic factors would change plan rankings, according to a Health Affairs article.
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After just raising over $290 million, telehealth vendor American Well adds another $75 million in capital and announces deals with Samsung and Anthem. Given the astonishing amount of total capital that has gone into the firm, there is no way new investors get a decent return.
https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/07/19/american-well-discloses-75m-investment-as-it.htmlInvestors join the League team, as the firm raises $62 million (that's Canadian dollars) for expansion of its health benefits infrastructure for employers. Apparently a fair amount of that money went to a PR firm that wrote one of the most hype-filled releases ever.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/league-inc-raises-c62m-to-transform-health-benefits-market-300685191.htmlBeddr (get it, oh that is soooo clever) raises $5.6 million to support development and commercialization of a wearable that measures sleep-related variables and provides analytics. The investors need to wake up.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/beddr-product-sleep/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64708403&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Jzzvoipt-dkYnCMH0CASFpjU2iC69_9VWMpkXrX22wK5JmyxE5tINqKC5tAGTEE1Rs8EeQpCga4ux9aDKrkb2EV2P1ZiVKhFZFoDMtpBZh5hwajI&_hsmi=64708403&rf=1Madaket Health reels in $10 million in new capital for its software to smooth provider/payer data interchange.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/madaket-health-10m-data-exchange/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64672115&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_8Rt9iPxUeA0WH3VUxq2Mly888G5VZpP4izSgVg6YxY_OEVZTM2TQTl1GsfjLX-L6Z8NSQKQ9JxJ-y3hITcURQDlWRnu29vYg6aXEJONs-eyXmXwY&_hsmi=64672115&rf=1Studies in Health Affairs show that neither the Medicaid expansion, nor the temporary Medicaid fee increase, was associated with an increase in participation by physicians in Medicaid.
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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research attempts to see if increasing Medicaid reimbursement improved behavioral health outcomes.
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PR and advertising firm Publicis is acquiring Payer Sciences, which helps biopharmaceutical firms obtain reimbursement from payers.
https://www.benefitnews.com/news/publicis-health-acquires-payer-sciences?utm_campaign=ebn_first_look_Jul%2020%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=9e371a311c4e64d7c3081808ae243411Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds a link between digital media and ADHD diagnoses. Is there a YouTube video on that, or a Facebook post? I…
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