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Oct 14 2013

mds

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

According to Health Affairs, more doctors are practicing in large groups, which raises hopes for better care coordination, but also likely supports demands for high reimbursement.

Oct 14 2013

uninsured

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Research in Health Affairs finds no evidence that physicians provide less care to Medicaid, Community Health Center or uninsured patients, in fact Medicaid patients appear to get more of some types of services.

Oct 10 2013

pacs

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Lexmark’s Perceptive Software unit has acquired PACSGEAR for about $54 million.

Oct 09 2013

pf

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

PracticeFusion, an electronic medical records company, has raised an additional $70 million to fund continuing expansion and prepare for an apparent IPO.

Oct 09 2013

ps

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

PatientSafe, a developer of a mobile app designed to help reduce adverse medication errors and other safety problems, has raised an additional $27 million to expand to Asia.

Oct 09 2013

rh

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

According to Rock Health, so far in 2013 there have been 145 financing transactions worth $1.5 billion for digital health companies, up 37% from last year.

Oct 09 2013

ev

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Evolent, a maker of health system software to combine financial and medical data, raised an additional $100 million.

Sep 20 2013

hit

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the Kaiser integrated delivery system, implementation of an EHR appeared associated with a decrease in ER visits and hospitalizations, but not office visits, according to a study in JAMA.

Sep 20 2013

hit

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Medical Group Management Association reports that Practices’ annual HIT spending grew 28% from 2008 to 2012, to almost $20,000 per physician. Staffing for administrative purposes has also increased, in large part due to more and more complex regulations.

Sep 20 2013

sgr

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the current proposed repeal of the physician sustainable growth rate formula will cost $175 billion over ten years.