Kevin Roche

Oct 21 2015

Hospital Buying of Physician Practices Raises Unit Prices

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Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that greater hospital ownership of physician practices leads to a significant increase in prices for services.

Oct 20 2015

Redox attracts $3.5 million in new investment to help providers communicate across disparate EHR and other HIT systems.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/10/redox-raises-3-5-million-to-support-growth-of-its-network/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f3dac157d5-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f3dac157d5-408793005&rf=1

Oct 20 2015

HC1 gets another $13.2 million in funding to support its data sharing platform for providers of health care services.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/10/hc1-raises-13-2-million-to-boost-sales-team-and-strategic-partnerships/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f3dac157d5-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f3dac157d5-408793005&rf=1

Oct 20 2015

Rates of Switching Between Medicare Options

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An analysis published in Health Affairs finds that high-cost patients often appeared to leave Medicare Advantage to return to traditional Medicare, but cost doesn't appear to be what drives the…

Oct 19 2015

Hospice Advantage, which has more than 60 locations in 14 states, has been sold by its PE owner to Compassus for an undisclosed amount.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/sentinel-capital-divests-hospice-advantage-to-compassus/

Oct 19 2015

An undisclosed amount of venture funding is received by patient checkin and payment solutions company HealthiPASS.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/oca-ventures-leads-series-a-round-for-healthipass/

Oct 19 2015

Surgical Theater has gathered $9 million in fresh investment for its virtual reality and imaging guidance software.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/surgical-theater-raises-9-mln/

Oct 19 2015

Why Are Generic Drug Costs Increasing?

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Specialty drug costs have gotten a lot of attention, but more concerning is some ways is the recent surge in prices of many generic drugs.

Oct 17 2015

verisma

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Verily I say unto you, verisimilitude requires me to mention that Verisma has raised very much capital, $12 million for its software to manage the secure release of patient health records.

Oct 16 2015

Consumer Use of Health Technology

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A report from Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions explores current consumer use of health information technologies.

Oct 15 2015

A private equity firm is selling imaging provider DMS Health to Digirad for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/platinum-equity-to-sell-dms-health-to-digirad/

Oct 15 2015

23andMe, the controversial direct-to-consumer seller of genetic testing, has raised another $115 in financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/10/23andme-brings-in-115m-in-series-e/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=05a1771e79-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-05a1771e79-408793005&rf=1

Oct 15 2015