Financial giant JP Morgan is acquiring InstaMed, which helps providers collect cost-sharing amounts from patients and coordinates payments with insurers. The price is supposedly around $500 million.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/jpmorgan-chase-acquires-healthcare-payments-fintech-instamed/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72811050&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zwAN8qxr5Xs3xJZhJhHqYiA5KWkIRpChLrh7aSH4w0LRw-eX1NzetwWQK2M2mzE4jZKXEiQUIPufK0OlP9tdE5pLwVwhSMzgWUXjZopG6FEKZDPU&_hsmi=72811050A brief from the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker group examines deductible trends.
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Using international reference pricing for drugs would save the United States a lot of money.
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MDmetrix, a spinout from Seattle Children's Hospital, garners $3 million in fresh capital for its data analytics and visualization business.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/seattle-childrens-hospital-spinout-mdmetrix/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72785413&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9llMb-8d1DVe85-5cMtZqOYTggUPcoJnQTSybtdZvqFIqp6Ko7Ks_3ro4_p1X8XqZG5n11yBEO2a2lsKDm68JazV_nmdxU9tWJJ3nAJHMI3FsKSgI&_hsmi=72785413&rf=1An American Medical Association report demonstrates the ongoing trend of physicians not having an ownership interest in their practices and becoming employees.
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You literally cannot make some of this stuff up. Listen to this gibberish. Hu-manity.co (yes, that is some marketer's idea of a good company name), wait it gets better, which describes itself as "bringing individuals and corporations into a consumer inclusive data economy", huh?, but actually does something around blockchain and authentication for health care companies, is acquiring Betterpath, which says it can access currently inaccessible health-related data to help with research. The end result, we are told, will be a company that creates "a powerful combination of Consumer Consent as a Service and healthcare's untapped datasets." Fire your PR firm right now, don't think about, don't delay, just fire them.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190430005283/en/Hu-manity.co-Acquires-Betterpath-Health-Empowering-Patients-AccessAn analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that members in high deductible health plans spend less on chronic conditions.
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In a capital idea and transaction, wellness and coaching firm ADURO has received an undisclosed amount of financing from a LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM.
https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/bon-secours-mercy-health-invests-in-aduro/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72649892&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8HDf5_LAFIRBdDP4AnjoYd3mg21AeWlsLeVSpmN8eVx2DzeKubuFYPasRtGLIziE5vT9Gmfm3Vr_CK3iCh33fRCMbS5HPVZUI17kTiCNuM8bk3Bvg&_hsmi=72649892&rf=1About 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.