Kevin Roche

Apr 01 2016

We Are the April Fools

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A not so funny or prankish commentary on our foolishness.

Mar 31 2016

Trends in Employer-based Health Insurance

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A Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines trends in employer-offered health insurance and uptake.

Mar 30 2016

Factors Associated with Hospital Readmissions

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Research in the Journal for Healthcare Quality finds that certain factors such clinical conditions responsible for admission are most clearly linked to readmission risk.

Mar 29 2016

Physician Feedback Reports

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A brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality presents useful information on how to design good physician feedback reports.

Mar 28 2016

Special education therapy provider Invo Healthcare has acquired Progressive Therapy, which offers similar services in the school market.

http://www.invohealthcare.com/category/news/

Mar 28 2016

PE firm Ancor Capital has acquired DuvaSawko, which provides billing, coding and related services to emergency medicine practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/3322718/

Mar 28 2016

MedPAC’s 2016 Report to Congress

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MedPAC's annual report to Congress recommends that many provider types not receive payment increases and contains other useful data on the Medicare program.

Mar 25 2016

EHR vendor Allscripts is buying a stake in Netsmart Technologies, a vendor of behavioral health software. In a complex transaction, Allscripts home health software will be combined with Netsmart to create a company also partly owned by a PE firm.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160323/NEWS/160329959/allscripts-is-buying-stake-in-netsmart-technologies

Mar 25 2016

What’s Up With Physicians?

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Using data from a variety of sources, research published in Health Affairs gives another perspective on physician practices and attitudes.

Mar 24 2016

Bivarus, which uses patient-generated data to help providers identify improvement areas, has garnered $2 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/bivarus-patient-centered-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0d4d864c31-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-0d4d864c31-408793005

Mar 24 2016

Prescribing and Goodies from Drug Companies

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Who would have guessed, apparently doctors who get more goodies from drug companies tend to prescribe more brand-name drugs.

Mar 23 2016

Hospital chain Regional Care will merge with Capella Healthcare to form a company with 18 hospitals.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/regionalcare-hospital-to-merge-with/

Mar 23 2016

JD Power Health Plan Satisfaction Survey

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JD Power releases its tenth annual survey of consumer satisfaction with health plans, finding a slight increase in satisfaction in 2016 over 2015.

Mar 22 2016

Medical Departures gets $2.5 million in investment to help patients arrange medical tourism appointments.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/medical-departures-raises-2-5-mln-in-series-a-funding/

Mar 22 2016

Maxwell is getting smart; Maxwell Health that is, as the vendor of software relating to employer health plans raises $22 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/maxwell-health-series-c/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=96663e17c0-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-96663e17c0-408793005