Health Gorilla isn't monkeying around, getting $1.2 million to support connecting providers with diagnostic labs electronically.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/startup-health-gorilla-raising-1-2m-expansion-diagnostic-test-markeet/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117An article in the Medicare & Medicaid Research Review finds that under the current risk-adjusted Medicare Advantage payment scheme, many plans have increased coding intensity, which increases reimbursement.
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In a big win for the proponents of mobile apps having a dramatic impact on health, Aetna is dropping its mobile fitness tracker, CarePass. Wait, did that say dropping? What's going on here, I thought these apps were going to be world beaters?
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/aetna-drops-mobile-health-app-carepass/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0f20021106-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0f20021106-67677117An Avalere analysis finds that most eligible Part D Medicare beneficiaries are not receiving medication therapy management services.
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Another telemedicine company, Avizia, has received $2 million to develop and sell carts to support telemedicine hardware and software.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/cisco-veterans-telemedicine-business-raises-2m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117A Deloitte survey finds that young adults often did not sign up for mandated health coverage, usually due to cost concerns.
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Private health insurance exchange vendor Array Health raised an additional $9 million to support growth.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/private-health-insurance-exchange-software-maker-array-health-raises-9m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117HealthPrize, which offers a gaming solution to help with medication adherence, has received $3 million in investment.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/healthprize-to-expand-medication-adherence-gaming-platform-to-payers-employers/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117Cambridge Temperature Concepts, which markets the DuoFertility device to help women become pregnant, has received about $4 million in financing.
http://wirelesslifesciences.org/2014/08/cambridge-temperature-concepts-ctc-secures-2-6m-private-equity-funding-to-commercialize-duofertility-and-expand-digital-health-platform/Clinverse has raised $9.5 million for its software to help make and track payments from clinical trial sponsors to investigative sites.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/clinverse-raises-9-1m-to-take-complexities-out-of-clinical-trial-payments/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=899c7dc55e-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-899c7dc55e-67648197Self-Help Network has helped itself to $5.6 million in new financing for its mobile tools to monitor people's wellness activities.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.