Hill-Rom, a large health care equipment and supplies vendor, is acquiring Welch Allyn for over $2 billion.
Aledade has raised $30 million to be the 400th company in the business of providing software, analytics and consulting for ACOs.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/farzad-health-it-business-aledade-raises-30m-in-series-bmorning-read/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=986cc4a407-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-986cc4a407-67677117According to a quarterly report from the Census Bureau health spending rose 7.3% in the first quarter, the highest gain in over five years and a substantial uptick from the first quarter of 2014's 2.2% uptick. The rise appears to be largely due to more utilization of services, with hospital spending increasing over 9%.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/06/11/new-evidence-health-spending-is-growing-faster-again/?utm_campaign=KFF%3A+Drew%27s+Columns&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=18295944&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--DbucO78doakbc4Ra_ZMTUENyRv1RbZY9bS8Q36MjMbh6dWhNQ7YSdBp62gxsL3ISOS-uJxGN0kFTrYV2XNfLObC8tOw&_hsmi=18295944A Labor Department report indicates that health care costs continue to be a bigger component of overall compensation, particularly for larger employers. The bad news is that workers should expect that these higher health care costs will limit wage growth.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/small-firms-have-made-adjustment-to-obamacare-requirements-report-suggests-2015-06-10About this Blog
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.