A study in the journal Health Services Research finds that drug-eluting stents were taken up by cardiologists faster in markets in which there was greater competition among cardiologists, but hospital market structure appeared to have little impact on diffusion rates.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27196678
Dec072017
Matrix Medical Network, which largely provides in-home risk assessment for the MA market, has acquired LP Health Services which offers post-acute assessments.
Large Chicago area health system Advocate is merging with Milwaukee-based Aurora Health, in another deal that should be rejected on competitive grounds.
UnitedHealth Group is buying the medical clinic business of DaVita Health for $4.9 billion, bringing to a close a difficult chapter for DaVita, which struggled to make its acquisition of that business work. Another example of stick to your knitting. And UHG continue to expand its provider footprint, which makes sense if it lowers costs for UHG health plans and if the businesses can be effectively managed.
Lean Taas gets $26 million in additional capital to fund its business that supposedly uses advanced analytics to improve provider facility performance.
Large pharmaceutical company Roche (no relation, unfortunately) is buying a firm called Viewics that collects and analyzes lab data to improve operations.
Prognos uses artificial intelligence to gain analytic insights from laboratory and diagnostic data to guide treatment. The company gathers another $20.5 million in capital.
Empiric Health, which was founded by the Intermountain health system, has raised $3 million to start its business of helping reduce variation in care patterns.
Remedy Health Media, a vendor of websites with health information and marketing material, is being acquired by a private equity firm for an undisclosed amount.
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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.