Kevin Roche

Jul 05 2018

EXLService Holdings, a general analytics firm, is buying Scio Health Analytics, a vendor of data warehousing and analytics for health providers and plans, for $236 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/exlservice-buys-scio-health-analytics-for-236-5-mln/

Jul 05 2018

Post-acute Care and MA Enrollees

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A new study demonstrates again that Medicare Advantage plans are able to reduce utilization and spending while maintaining or even improving quality.

Jul 04 2018

Happy Independence Day

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It is a good day to reflect on the significance of American independence and what it means to be a citizen of a country.

Jul 03 2018

WelbeHealth garners $15 million in fresh financing to support its business of operating PACE programs for Medicare beneficiaries.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628006469/en/WelbeHealth-Raises-15-Million-Series-Accelerate-Growth

Jul 03 2018

Telehealth firm American Well is raising an additional $315 million in capital, for reasons that completely elude me, unless it is to fund the ongoing losses that the company must be experiencing.

https://www.xconomy.com/boston/2018/07/02/american-well-raises-290m-to-go-bigger-in-telehealth/

Jun 29 2018

Medicare Spending

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The Kaiser Family Foundation gives us some basic data on Medicare spending.

Jun 29 2018

Premise Health, which operates on-site employee health centers, is apparently being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/omers-prevails-in-auction-for-pe-backed-premise-health/

Jun 29 2018

Fitplan Technologies secures $4.7 million in fresh capital for its software that provides personalized fitness regimens designed by hot-shots in the personal training industry.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628005374/en/Fitplan-Technologies-Secures-4.7-Million-Venture-Funding

Jun 29 2018

Centauri Health Solutions, which provides revenue optimization and quality of care services to providers and plans, is acquiring NHI Billing Services, which offers revenue management and billing services to health systems in regard to Medicaid.

https://healthy-skeptic.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

Jun 29 2018

Bind Health, which offers "on-demand" health insurance benefits, has raised a total of $70 million in its Series A funding.

https://tech.mn/news/2018/06/28/bind-banks-70m-for-on-demand-health-insurance/

Jun 29 2018

Okay, so now everyone in the pharmacy business can officially freak out, Amazon said it will buy PillPack for about $1 billion. PillPack bundles drugs and ships them to patients who buy online. I don't think that is actually much of a threat to the Walgreens and CVS' of the world.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-online-pharmacy-pillpack-1530191443

Jun 28 2018

Administrative Expenses for Blues Plans

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A new analysis from Sherlock Company finds rising administrative costs in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans.

Jun 27 2018

Another Report on Factors in Health Spending

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A report sponsored by several groups tries to correlate market structure and health spending.

Jun 26 2018

WCRI Report on Workers’ Comp Medical Costs

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The Workers' Compensation Research Institute issues a report showing substantial variation across states in medical costs for treating workers' comp cases.

Jun 25 2018

Wildflower Health, which offers, wait for it, a MOBILE APP to help families manage their health, is acquiring another, wait for it, MOBILE APP, Circle, which is oriented toward helping pregnant women.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/06/wildflower-health-circle/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63999468&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8AEDAb0QlSlYG4vcW2vXjgnWC9dCoWtqoqFW8HGAm9DH4FbUJkXyY5BP5APlLmYECLr9KyDsz3IJZ-UU3UmD0etJL4s7IQf886RVGEaaAsrcUxqn4&_hsmi=63999468