A study in Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that few consumers who engage in direct-to-consumer genetic testing share the results with their physicians.
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2498491
May132016
Health care staffing firm Advanced Medical Personnel Services is acquiring Rise Medical Staffing.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3331637/
May122016
Large numbers of patients are using virtual visits for routine and urgent care due to convenience. Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that guideline adherent care is not delivered in a significant fraction of these virtual visits and there is substantial variation in care across virtual visit websites.
Its simplee befuddling, but it is plain that investors like Simplee, giving the vendor of services to help patients pay hospitals an additional $20 million in capital.
MultiPlan, which offers PPOs and other cost containment services to self-funded employers, TPAs and smaller health plans, is being acquired by a PE firm.
Does it never stop, Envera Health gets $14 million in capital for the 14th million effort to provide "engagement" capabilities for providers and patients.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330268/
May042016
PE firm Warburg Pincus is acquiring urgent care software vendor DocuTAP.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330402/
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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.
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.