In a somewhat complex maneuver, publicly health population health company ApolloMed and Network Medical Management, an IPA management company, are merging. The combined company will have revenues over $300 million and NMM shareholders will end up with over 80% of the merged entity.
HHS is going to hit about 171,000 clinicians with a 3% reduction in their Medicare reimbursement for failure to meet meaningful use standards. That is a pretty good whack but many of these providers probably serve few beneficiaries.
GreatCall, which monitors health information in a patient's home, is buying HealthSense, which wires up elderly patient's homes and does monitoring in assisted living and nursing home facilities.
$18 million in new funding is giving life to Vida Health, which has the revolutionary, disruptive idea of providing a mobile platform for patients to manage health and chronic conditions.
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.