TransUnion Healthcare issued a report on how patients are coping with the ongoing financial pressures related to their health care.
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HEALTHCAREfirst, has capitalized on its position by acquiring a lower-case company, Deyta. HEALTHCAREfirst provides software for home health agencies and hospices and Deyta offers patient satisfaction and quality measurement services for the same market.
http://www.deyta.com/news/healthcarefirst-announces-acquisition-of-deytaA report from Avalere suggests that the penalty for failing to have health insurance is too low to incent people to enroll.
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Validic (not to be confused with Vladic, the pickle company, although investors may find themselves in a pickle) has garnered an additional $12.5 million in capital to validate its "internet of things" approach to health care.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/internet-things-enabler-validic-raises-12-5m-add-staff-support-product-development/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197Telemedicine pioneer TelaDoc has apparently rung up an IPO filing, on as yet undisclosed terms.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/teladoc-takes-first-step-toward-ipo/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197An Asian firm called DocDoc has raised $8.6 million to help expatriates find health care by using a mobile app.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/physician-scheduling-service-targets-expats-se-asia/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197Research in the New England Journal of Medicine evaluates early results from Medicare's Pioneer accountable care organization initiative.
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