Kevin Roche

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

Mar 22 2016

Relative Rates of MA and FFS Medicare Hospitalization

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Medicare Advantage plans have lower rates of hospitalization than does the fee-for-service Medicare program, likely suggesting inefficiency in the FFS branch.

Mar 21 2016

Altarum Health Spending Briefs for January

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As the year starts, the Altarum Institute's Briefs relating to health spending reveal steady and moderate health spending growth.

Mar 18 2016

Piecing together fragments of information, we have learned that Pieces Technology has pieced together $21.6 million in fresh investment in piecemeal fashion to further its clinical decision support software business. Now don't go to pieces.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/clinical-decision-support-startup/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=80ae43ce5c-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-80ae43ce5c-408793005&rf=1

Mar 18 2016

More From the Express Scripts Drug Trend Report

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A continuation of the review of the Express Scripts 2015 Drug Trend Report, with a focus on Medicare, Medicaid and exchange business.

Mar 17 2016

Express Scripts 2015 Drug Trend Report

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Express Scripts' 2015 Drug Trend Report reveals continued spending pressure from the drug category, especially branded medications, with more to come in future years.

Mar 16 2016

Health insurance exchange vendor Connecture has connected with $52 million in new capital.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/03/14/819624/0/en/Connecture-Inc-Announces-52-Million-Investment-Led-By-Francisco-Partners.html

Mar 16 2016

Narrative DX says that it has raised $1.1 million in capital and stated that it will use it for its tool to add context to patient satisfaction surveys, which sounds like quite a story.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/patient-experience-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f4f6129d0b-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f4f6129d0b-408793005

Mar 16 2016