Many very ill and expensive patients have surrogate decision-makers, who often struggle in interactions with doctors around what is best for the patient.
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Fruit Street Health raises a zany $5.4 million from physicians in a crowdfunding for something or other, maybe having to do with wearables, data, population health, a real fruit salad.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/telehealth-nutrition-consults/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4b2f86a692-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-4b2f86a692-408793005&rf=1RubiconMD has raised $4 million to support its business of reducing unnecessary use of specialist doctors.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/rubiconmd-raises-4m-series-a-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4b2f86a692-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-4b2f86a692-408793005&rf=1A survey reported in Health Affairs finds that most Americans don't see the relationship between quality and price in health care.
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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association explores the relationship between income and life expectancy.
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Covtiviti, which audits health care payments on behalf of CMS and commercial insurers, did an IPO raising over $230 million, but its stock closing off the offering price.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160526/NEWS/160529925?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160526-NEWS-160529925&utm_campaign=amLumiata lights it up with $10 million in new capital for, wait for it, a predictive analytics tool for population health management. Ooohhh, cool.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/lumiata-raises-10m-ramp-product-development-predictive-analytics-risk-assessment/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cd64fe67dd-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-cd64fe67dd-408793005&rf=1A report from the Rand Corporation examines whether higher social spending in a nation is correlated with better health outcomes.
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Hopefully large software vendor SAP isn't being played for a sap by making an $18 million investment in health care price transparency firm Castlight, whose shares are down mightily following its IPO and which apparently still needs capital after blowing through tens of millions of dollars.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160520/NEWS/160519874?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160520-NEWS-160519874&utm_campaign=hitsThe Milliman annual Medical Medical Index indicates continued financial pain for families from medical spending.
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