An analysis published in JAMA finds that Medicare is wasting about a billion dollars a year purchasing brand-name drugs.
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InquisitiHealth has asked for and received about $4 million in funding to create peer mentors to help people manage their health and wellness.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/08/inquisithealth-funding-population-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65369320&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ajETvdFk0mLm984JySRT1SyyuoHMbvis0BHzG84n4ooT4iKPcR_n31Anj02hSPljhDUzzGlgs3A37M6Zw1LF7rWotMnW2AbQJmSjjqNvaGSVaxv4&_hsmi=65369320&rf=1An analysis in Health Affairs compares hospital, home health and SNF use and variation in Medicare Advantage versus the fee-for-service version.
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WellBrain is acquiring Mevoked, and investors will hopefully combine the names and get "Woked". WellBrain has apps to help with chronic pain management and Mevoked has apps to help women with pregnancy, a natural fit since the product of pregnancy often creates pain for the parents. Well, Brainy investors, Me has joked enough.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wellbrain-founded-by-3-harvard-stanford-and-mayo-clinic-trained-physicians-expands-its-reach-as-one-of-the-largest-clinically-validated-digital-chronic-pain-management-and-addiction-prevention-tools-with-recent-mevoked-acquis-300697724.htmlA report from the Minnesota Department of Health reveals the variation in hospital pricing.
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HealthMyne has secured $15 million in new capital for its clinical decision support system for radiology and oncology.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180801005016/en/HealthMyne-Raises-15-Million-Series-Expand-Commercialization?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRNeU5EazJNbVF5T0RZMiIsInQiOiJQNEk2ZmFsRGlWOFhJdDlBOXRHUUFDN0xnUlJwTThhMHFNUXN3NlM3MFVsRTBHUkVTcWhlZXU1MjVMU2FhUWZuYlptbEtyRFwvNkdnS1FESmVWYWdSMEc1VUpha1Y2aFhwWFRhbldMQlNJQXFNaFRcL0pIaFwvZkdyMU0zb1orZ0I2ZSJ9McKinsey gives us its perspective on trends in Medicare Advantage star ratings.
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The last in a long series about specialty drug trends, including a look forward.
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Apparently Alphabet, also known as Google, is putting $375 million into Oscar Health, the supposedly revolutionary health plan that is best at sucking up investors money. Google will be searching for returns there for a long time.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/14/alphabet-invests-375-million-in-josh-kushner-founded-oscar-health.htmlOkay, this is a hilarious story about how health care needs more "disruptive" CEOs. How about just get some competent ones, especially on the provider side. I thought disruptive wasn't good, at least for kids in the class room. Just more nonsense reflecting both the "cult of the CEO" and the supposed value of disruption. Most businesses that try to do things in a radically different way disrupt things all right, just with bad results.
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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.