A research paper from UHC, the consortium of academic medical centers, finds that physician preference items, such as cardiac or orthopedic devices, are often used without regard to their actual quality or cost outcomes. Customizing devices, waste and devices mismatched to patient characteristics were significant contributors to the problem.
A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that functional impairment is linked to risk of more hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries, but the current penalty program fails to take these very common circumstances into account.
A private equity firm is acquiring Informatica for $5.3 billion. Informatica has a health division which helps companies manage large amounts of data and build analytic tools.
An analysis conducted for AHIP by The Menges Group finds that states that keep their Medicaid medical and drug benefits in the same plan as opposed to separating them have lower total drug spending. The savings were about 14.6% per prescription or over $2 billion.
Sharecare, founded by talk show host Dr. Oz, has raised an additional $25 million in capital, bringing the total to over $160 million, for development of health apps, with a focus on voice analysis. And you think we aren't at a speculative investing top?
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.