Kevin Roche

Nov 16 2015

Investment company Apollo Global Management is acquiring RegionalCare Hospitals, which operates 8 hospitals.

http://ir.agm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=214560&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2111763

Nov 16 2015

Defensive Medicine May Lead to Fewer Malpractice Claims

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Research published in the British Medical Journal suggests that physicians who practice defensive medicine may incur fewer malpractice suits.

Nov 13 2015

TigerText, which offers a secure messaging service for health care-related uses, has raised $50 million in new investment. What they are going to do with it and how the investors are going to get a return is unclear, at least to me.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/11/tigertext-50m-series-c-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=aa6f9ca55a-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-aa6f9ca55a-408793005&rf=1

Nov 13 2015

The Costs of Dementia

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Research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that dementia related costs are the fastest growing among disease categories.

Nov 12 2015

Survey on Caring for Complex Medicare Patients

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A survey reflects providers' challenges in caring for Medicare patients with chronic diseases.

Nov 11 2015

WorkWell Medical has worked the financial markets well to get an undisclosed amount of new financing for its occupational health and urgent care center business.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/11/salt-creek-capital-invests-in-workwell-medical/

Nov 11 2015

LevelFunded Health has gotten some undisclosed level of venture funding for its business of helping small employers offer health benefits.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/11/levelfunded-health-grabs-venture-funding/

Nov 11 2015

Healthy Insurance Marketplaces

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A report from the Health Care Cost Institute examines the competitiveness and cost status of various American communities.

Nov 10 2015

Rock Health on Digital Health Use

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A Rock Health report discusses consumer adoption of digital health technologies.

Nov 09 2015

A PE firm is buying Examination Management Services, which does what its name says, provides medical information, investigation and risk adjustment services for insurers.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/11/monroe-capital-supports-beecken-petty-okeefes-buy-of-emsi/

Nov 09 2015

Pharmacy Deductible Impacts

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A report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics looks at the effect of pharmacy deductibles on medication adherence.

Nov 06 2015

Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Care

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Massachusetts once again is trailblazing for the country, as its managed Medicaid program runs into big, but very predictable issues.

Nov 06 2015

A study from BDO found that health care chief executive and chief financial officer pay rose rapidly last year.

https://www.bdo.com/news/2015-october/cfo-year-over-year-compensation-outpaces-ceo

Nov 06 2015

Telepsychiatry provider 1DocWay was apparently one document away from being acquired by Genoa Healthcare, whose primary business is operating pharmacies in community mental health facilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/11/telepsychiatry-1docway-sold-genoa/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8f29880df2-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-8f29880df2-408793005&rf=1

Nov 05 2015