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Dec 09 2015

A study published in the British Journal of General Practice finds that physicians who don't prescribe antibiotics when patients think they should get them are likely to have lower satisfaction scores, demonstrating again the conflict between expecting physicians to have high satisfaction scores and punishing them for not following care guidelines.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/12/07/Study-Patients-less-satisfied-with-doctors-who-prescribe-fewer-antibiotics/6851449499931/
Dec 08 2015

One Medical gets $65 million in a new investment round as it expands its "technology-enabled" primary care model.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/12/one-medical-raises-65-mln-in-growth-capital/
Dec 08 2015

MD Revolution gets $23 million in fresh capital as it ramps up its business of helping physicians maximize Medicare chronic disease management reimbursement.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/md-revolution-raises-23m-to-boost-staff-product-develoment/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=44060c4cee-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-44060c4cee-408793005&rf=1
Dec 08 2015

Twine has strung together (or strung along) more investors and roped in an additional $6.7 million in capital to expand its health coaching business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/patient-coaching-for-chronic-conditions/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=44060c4cee-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-44060c4cee-408793005&rf=1
Dec 08 2015

Its private equity owner is selling home care firm American HomePatient to Lincare, which offers home respiratory therapy, for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/12/highland-capital-to-sell-american-homepatient-to-lincare/
Dec 07 2015

Shortly after we learned that growth in health spending accelerated in 2014, the ECRI Institute says that new devices and drugs working their way to market in the near future will add $80 billion in annual spending.

https://www.ecri.org/press/Pages/ECRI-Institute-80-Billion-Annual-Spend-Drug-Device-Therapies.aspx?
Dec 04 2015

Contessa Health has raised $3.5 million in new capital to help its business of facilitating in-home "hospitalization".

https://www.pehub.com/2015/12/contessa-health-collects-3-5-mln-series-a/
Dec 04 2015

Population health manager WellTok has raised $45 million and has acquired Silverlink, which helps health plans communicate with their senior members.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/welltok-silverlink-raises-45m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=448b4cd5eb-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-448b4cd5eb-408793005
Dec 04 2015

GreatCall, which provides home technology for seniors, is acquiring Lively, a home health monitoring company.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/greatcall-acquires-lively-remote-monitoring-seniors/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=448b4cd5eb-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-448b4cd5eb-408793005
Dec 04 2015

Kaiser Permanente, a large "non-profit" staff model health plan, is acquiring the Group Health Cooperative of Seattle for $1.8 billion.  

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151204/NEWS/151209935?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151204-NEWS-151209935&utm_campaign=dose
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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