Take a deep breath, digital pulmonary function company Cohero Health inhales $9 million in fresh capital, although investors may not be breathing easily.
A little down about human health care investing? PetCoach, a pet project of Comcast apparently, raises $2 million for its pet health app, after a dogged pursuit of funding.
Behavioral health IT vendor Netsmart Technologies is making what it hopes is an intelligent acquisitions, buying long-term care software firm HealthMEDX.
Research in Health Affairs finds that Medicare hospice spending rose to almost $16 billion in 2015, up from $10.4 billion in 2007, and that this spending has significant geographic variation, suggesting an opportunity to ensure appropriate use of the setting.
Braincheck, a mobile app for evaluating brain health, has raised $3 million. Another example where the investors might have wanted to use the product before investing.
A study in Health Affairs confirms that using a limited provider network results in lower premiums, around 7% less on average, for plans on the health insurance exchanges, but many consumers are unaware of the consequences of a limited network, which may not include their usual providers, and that 7% doesn't seem like much in light of the horrendous premium rises expected for 2017.
As many would suspect, a study regarding prostate cancer in the journal Medical Care finds that compliance with process quality measures has no relationship to true outcomes such as complications and patient satisfaction and quality of life.
An analysis from Blues plans in Texas, Illinois, Oklahoma, Montana and New Mexico finds that high deductible plans reduce health spending by 9.2% over three years, on a pre and post high deductible plan enrollment basis. Little methodological information was given so hard to evaluate credibility of the study, but the results are consistent with other findings.
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.
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.