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Yet Another Dark Cloud in the Stormy Skies of Medicare DM

Medicare’s major thrust at chronic disease management innovation — the Medicare Health Support (MHS) pilot project — continues to gather storm clouds. Today’s POO (persistent obfuscatory orations) Award goes to Healthways for their explanation of  MHS progress (or lack thereof) in an April 4 press release.  If you can understand what they’re saying about MHS (see p. 3) without having your [...]

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TA Associates Completes $175 Million Buyout of Alere Medical

TA Associates announced that it has partnered with management in a $175 million buyout of Alere Medical Incorporated, a leading disease management company. Here are a few of my initial impressions: Tags: care coordination, disease management, Healthways

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