Kevin Roche

Dec 21 2016

HHS is going to hit about 171,000 clinicians with a 3% reduction in their Medicare reimbursement for failure to meet meaningful use standards. That is a pretty good whack but many of these providers probably serve few beneficiaries.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/thousands-clinicians-will-get-hit-pocketbook-meaningful-use-penalties?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldZeE56QTJZV0UwT0RNMyIsInQiOiJMMVRhQzh6T3V6Z0FzZU9hT3A3Uzc0TUF1eE5VeUNkaGc2RDQ5c3BEUkNIaVFmdG90Q21cL1hXMkpBbnhLdkhFaEVVMzlVaXJYYUtEUUxrTVZZUlhmNlFRbDJSOW5RUUVtSWtueWx1dDdkQlVhc0ZzSGx5R3YwWkJ2eENlc0F2dXoifQ%3D%3D

Dec 21 2016

GreatCall, which monitors health information in a patient's home, is buying HealthSense, which wires up elderly patient's homes and does monitoring in assisted living and nursing home facilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/greatcall-acquires-healthsense/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39603592&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8T1HkZ8f21opFGvb0FY0nFmjotSe4AN5hqcv4_cEiPukDX_B3wfw1GZxbgYylvsBVcoog4sHuJsUYvuvLMDqqYnUwqeYveWrToOGVRpFWRVka4gMc&_hsmi=39603592

Dec 20 2016

Zipari gets a quick $7 million in fresh funding for its health plan CRM system and analytics.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/12/prweb13936698.htm

Dec 20 2016

Mortality Rates and Physician Gender

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A study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that patients of female physicians have lower hospital mortality rates.

Dec 19 2016

Cota, which helps oncologists analyze genetic data, has raised $18 million in new funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/informatics-cota-raises-18m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39430923&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_KpGXypd-w5hdsXA-9Q6WThhf75jMmWoRLn5UCDyTS8o-CvKwuQ45KfSSXkhBb_Nx7HgbQuLGFMeyPJu8BI6DkmZcEAJAZzuS8HKGYg7uBja5IuRE&_hsmi=39430923&rf=1

Dec 19 2016

Society of Actuaries Papers on Risk-Scoring Models

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Nerd Alert!!! Today's post is on a very esoteric topic, patient risk-scoring models.

Dec 16 2016

Digital Health Use Survey

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Rock Health issues survey results regarding people's use of digital health.

Dec 15 2016

Healthcare Asset Network gathers $3 million in new capital for its platform to buy and sell used medical equipment.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/healthcare-asset-network-pulls-in-3-mln/

Dec 15 2016

Variation in Medical Costs and Resource Utilization

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A report from Minnesota reveals substantial variation across medical groups in their total cost of care and resource utilization.

Dec 14 2016

Reducing Surgical Costs

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New research suggests that use of scorecards can help reduce the overall costs of surgeries.

Dec 13 2016

Reduction of Hospital-Acquired Conditions

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In what appears to be good news, rates of hospital acquired conditions appear to have dropped substantially over the last five years.

Dec 12 2016

Use of Lower-priced Primary Care Doctors

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A study in Health Affairs finds that patients who use lower-cost primary care physicians have lower overall health spending.

Dec 12 2016

$18 million in new funding is giving life to Vida Health, which has the revolutionary, disruptive idea of providing a mobile platform for patients to manage health and chronic conditions.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/vida-health-raises-18-mln-led-by-canvas-ventures/

Dec 12 2016

Arthro Therapeutics garners $2.2 million in capital for its "digital" arthritis care platform, apparently treats more than just fingers and toes.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/arthro-therapeutics-digital-arthritis/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38990461&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_B64b2MMxRxTB0bDplRCFdxZdsLfFyVN0rGSktvqVsngOY6bqOgCMFkRKsVH1QIkdNvtg9lyDNiJN_wexHJi98Y-0MxT4sqXAKx_ova0y2e4bw4WU&_hsmi=38990461

Dec 12 2016