I predict that Predilytics will announce that it raised an additional $10 million in capital to support its machine learning and analytics business for providers and payers. Oh wait, maybe that already happened.
A few years safety concerns led to more limits on the hours residents worked. Of course, research published in JAMA shows that those limits haven't led to any better quality or less safety issues.
MediGain, a vendor of revenue cycle management and data analytics, has acquired Millennium Practice Management Associates, which also provides revenue cycle management services.
CareCore National and MedSolutions are merging their cost and utilization control focussed businesses in a transaction that will create one of the largest care management vendors.
http://www.medsolutions.com/news/12-04-14.html
Dec052014
Kaiser shows the power and attractiveness of e-visit capabilities, as it reveals that over half its visits are now occuring through video, mobile technology or secure messaging. These visits tend to cost much less than an in-person visit, have similar quality and are more convenient for patients.
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