The federal government can't keep the NSA from being hacked, but let's fine health plan Anthem $115 million dollars, which consumers ultimately pay, for a data breach.
Large health IT vendor Cognizant is acquiring TMG Health, a subsidiary of HCSC, which provides administrative services for Medicare and Medicaid health plans.
If you are a startup and you want to succeed, pick a market niche that no one else is in, say a wearable device that provides health information monitoring. No one else is doing that, are they?? Spry Health lands a healthy $5.5 million for its version of such a wearable.
Please, make it stop. Xealht raises $8.5 million in funding to help doctors send electronic copies of health education material to patients and track their use of the materials.
You haven't fingered the pulse of the market if you aren't calling yourself a digital health company, like Peerfit, which raised $2.3 million to help arrange "boutique" fitness classes for health plan members and others. Someone will pay for this?
Ever wonder how many new-fangled pharmacies we need? We are going to find out. Yet another one gets some financing, as NowRx attracts $2 million to deliver drugs to consumers.
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.
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