Kevin Roche

Feb 18 2015

Reasons for Readmissions after Surgery

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CMS is extending hospital readmission penalties to surgeries. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association examines reasons for such readmissions, which is kind of a core predicate…

Feb 17 2015

Medical Home Evaluations

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Two recent evaluations have examined the effects of using "medical homes" on various outcomes. Today we look at how the CMS version is faring.

Feb 16 2015

Thomson Street, a private equity firm, is acquiring Infinity Behavior Health.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/thomson-street-buys-infinity-behavior-health-services/

Feb 16 2015

Imagine Health gets a non-imaginary $21 million in fresh capital for its unreal business of creating high-performance provider networks for employers.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/imagine-health-snags-21-mln-series-a/

Feb 16 2015

$14 million has been plowed into Aventura, which workflow improvement tools for health care providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/aventura-raises-14-million-healthcare-tool-security-workflow-intersect/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=26b96c50c1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-26b96c50c1-67648197

Feb 16 2015

A significant number of patients are not that happy with their physician, according to a survey from Vitals, and many experience long wait and scheduling times.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/patients-are-still-looking-for-dr-right.html

Feb 16 2015

CarePayment has received $100 million in additional financing to support its business of helping patients manage out-of-pocket costs.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/aequitas-capital-backed-carepayment-inks-100-mln-from-wells-fargo/

Feb 16 2015

Drug store chain Rite Aid is buying Envision, a pharmacy benefits manger, for $2 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/rite-aid-to-buy-pharmacy-benefit-manager-envisionrx-for-2-billion-reuters/

Feb 16 2015

HealthStream has acquired HealthLine Systems to add to its line of workforce management solutions, including credentialing.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Healthstream-expands-workforce-management-portfolio-via-acquisition-49821-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-feb%2016%202015&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3845872%3A3722900a%3A&st=email

Feb 16 2015

ePatientfinder has raised $2.58 milllion for its clinical trial patient recruitment business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/online-clinical-trial-recruitment-platform-provider-epatient-finder-raises-2-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=228b2f3670-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-228b2f3670-67677117

Feb 16 2015

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The Advisory Board has purchased health information technology consulting firm Clinovatons.

Feb 16 2015

Bivarus receives a $1.9 million investment to further its patient experience survey business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/health-spinout-unc-raises-1-9m-smarter-patient-experience-survey-generator/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3fb76ec5e7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3fb76ec5e7-67677117

Feb 16 2015

Investors have seeded MedaCheck with additional capital for its medication adherence product.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/medacheck-medication-adherence-platform-raises-new-capital/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ffd279fa2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ffd279fa2-67677117

Feb 16 2015

Practo, an India based provider of physician search capabilities, has raised practically $20 million for growth and expansion to other countries.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/international-growth-a-priority-for-physician-search-and-scheduling-provider-in-30m-fundraise/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ffd279fa2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ffd279fa2-67677117

Feb 16 2015