Zero Card gets something instead of nothing: $7 million in funding for some kind of a goofy card that lets employers let employees let providers get a bundled payment, or something like that, but it is definitely going to disrupt, or is it erupt, anyway, just read the press releases, I am sure you will be impressed.
A private equity firm has combined two firms specializing in delivering pharmacy services to patients served by community health centers--Long's Drugs and PharMedQuest Pharmacy Services.
And the big just keep getting bigger, as OptumRx, the UnitedHealth unit, is buying Diplomat, a specialty pharmacy and infusion vendor, for around $4 a share.
Mitchell/Genex, a vendor of managed care and other services for workers' compensation and other insurers, is acquiring CompAlliance, which performs case management for workers' compensation plans.
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.