A study in Health Services Research finds that number of diseases, but not length of time you have them, is strongly correlated with health spending.
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Research in the Journal of Health Economics finds that higher volume of a service at a facility does improve outcomes.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you that HealthVerity truthfully (hopefully) raises $25 million in new capital to support its patient information and identity management products. Seriously, it is amazing how much money has to be spend in health care just to identify that a patient is the same patient in multiple information systems.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190403005862/en/HealthVerity-Announces-25-Million-Series-FundingIts been a while since we checked in with our friends at the Altarum Institute to see what's up with health spending and health prices. Up being the operative word.
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Women's health group Advantia is acquiring Pacify, which does perinatal telehealth.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/health-group-advantia-acquires-telehealth-company-pacify?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJZME9USTRaamszTVdJNCIsInQiOiIxS2VxWXpJeWdvZ25TNUhzeStXU3hpb3FMdG41ZFBpbWErZUx3OXpGd3VkazJhWmVLdFwvcUp3M0lCNk9HUm5adnhWM3pCZk5Bd0xXTkw1T0I5eXkxeStCcktNREpSWnVzdU9saU5zTE9jWXk1ZWY3bkp0N1cxc1l2RVFIK1o2Z2kifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internalA report from Fair Health analyzes changes in place of service and health care prices over the last few years.
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An analysis from the Health Care Cost Initiative demonstrates the cost-raising effect of moving services to hospital outpatient departments.
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Medical Informatics, my kind of nice generic name for a company, has raised $11.9 million in additional capital to support its business of using predictive analytics to manage the care of patients in critical care units.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190402005249/en/Medical-Informatics-Corp.-Innovator-Predictive-Analytics-PatientWillis Towers (over) Watson, the large brokerage and consulting firm, is acquiring Tranzact for $1.2 billion, adding the "digital" brokerage and agency to its capabilities.
https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190401/NEWS06/912327632/Willis-Towers-Watson-to-acquire-direct-to-consumer-health-care-firm?utm_campaign=BI20190401DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_campaign=BI20190401DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaignA recent NEJM study looks at what happens to doctors after they have malpractice claims.
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Change Healthcare releases results of its ninth annual survey of the health care industry.
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Biolinq (I don't know, not sure that cutesy "q" at the end gets you that hard "k" sound you were looking for) has raised $4.75 million in initial financing for it wearable device that provides various biometrics.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190328005048/en/Biolinq-Expands-Series-Financing-4.75-Million-InvestmentA Mark Farrah Associates analysis of Medicare Advantage membership after the annual open enrollment period suggests that the rich basically got richer.
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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.