Aug 26 2014

According to a survey sponsored by InsuranceQuotes.com, young adults age 18-29 are the least likely group to have health insurance and most likely to feel they don't need it and it is too expensive for the value offered.

http://www.insurancequotes.com/health/millennials-and-insurance
Aug 26 2014

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, is planning to dramatically increase its presence on the health insurance exchanges, from 4 states to 24.  The insurer has the advantage of understanding rating and benefit design of those who participated last year.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/unitedhealth-plans-to-sell-health-exchange-policies-in-24-states-1408716573
Aug 26 2014

According to a VentureBeat article, doctors are uninterested in all the wonderful data flowing from mobile apps, fitbits, etc., having concerns about accuracy and data security.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/15/guess-what-doctors-dont-care-about-your-fitbit-data/
Aug 26 2014

Predictive analytics company Medalogix, which focuses on readmission risk, has raised $5 million to extend its services to the skilled nursing facility segment.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/medalogix-raises-5m-to-add-skilled-nursing-facilities-to-predictive-analytics-tool/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1737f02182-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1737f02182-67648197
Aug 25 2014

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that patient satisfaction scores are not necessarily correlated with objective measures of care quality.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1897545
Aug 25 2014

Health Gorilla isn't monkeying around, getting $1.2 million to support connecting providers with diagnostic labs electronically.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/startup-health-gorilla-raising-1-2m-expansion-diagnostic-test-markeet/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 22 2014

In a big win for the proponents of mobile apps having a dramatic impact on health, Aetna is dropping its mobile fitness tracker, CarePass.  Wait, did that say dropping?  What's going on here, I thought these apps were going to be world beaters?

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/aetna-drops-mobile-health-app-carepass/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0f20021106-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0f20021106-67677117
Aug 22 2014

Another telemedicine company, Avizia, has received $2 million to develop and sell carts to support telemedicine hardware and software.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/cisco-veterans-telemedicine-business-raises-2m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 22 2014

RxResults, a new pharmacy benefit management firm, has raised $4 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/pharmacy-benefit-management-firm-rxresults-raising-4m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 21 2014

Private health insurance exchange vendor Array Health raised an additional $9 million to support growth.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/private-health-insurance-exchange-software-maker-array-health-raises-9m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 21 2014

HealthPrize, which offers a gaming solution to help with medication adherence, has received $3 million in investment.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/healthprize-to-expand-medication-adherence-gaming-platform-to-payers-employers/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 20 2014

Cambridge Temperature Concepts, which markets the DuoFertility device to help women become pregnant, has received about $4 million in financing.

http://wirelesslifesciences.org/2014/08/cambridge-temperature-concepts-ctc-secures-2-6m-private-equity-funding-to-commercialize-duofertility-and-expand-digital-health-platform/
Aug 20 2014

Healthsense has received an investment of $10 million to continue expansion of its remote monitoring for seniors in their homes or senior living settings.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/08/healthsense-nabs-10-mln/
Aug 20 2014

Clinverse has raised $9.5 million for its software to help make and track payments from clinical trial sponsors to investigative sites.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/clinverse-raises-9-1m-to-take-complexities-out-of-clinical-trial-payments/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=899c7dc55e-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-899c7dc55e-67648197
Aug 20 2014

PopHealthCare (no, they don't take care of dads) has acquired Educerus Health.  PopHealthCare does care management for high-risk populations and Educerus does in-home screening.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12020042.htm