CareCore National and MedSolutions are merging their cost and utilization control focussed businesses in a transaction that will create one of the largest care management vendors.
http://www.medsolutions.com/news/12-04-14.html
Dec052014
Kaiser shows the power and attractiveness of e-visit capabilities, as it reveals that over half its visits are now occuring through video, mobile technology or secure messaging. These visits tend to cost much less than an in-person visit, have similar quality and are more convenient for patients.
Maxwell Health will use its recent cash infusion of $26.4 million to broaden its wellness product line and offer additional functionality to health plans.
Jointly Health, which was a bad name, is now calling itself Sentrian, and has raised $8 million jointly from several investors who are now financially less healthy, for its data analytics business to help prevent readmissions and other avoidable hospitalizations.
PDR Network, the publisher of Physicians Desk Reference and other drug information, has acquired LDM Group, which provides information on patient behavior.
The Government Accounting Office finds that a few large health plans account for almost all membership in the country and their share is growing.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667245.pdf
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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.