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How Medtronic could help change healthcare for the better

October 15, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

Medtronic officials want the world’s largest medtech company to do more than just make medical devices: They want to help manage chronic diseases. Here are thoughts from the VP helping to lead the shift. Medtronic executive Sheri Dodd had a cousin — one of only four — die from Type 2 diabetes complications at the age […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, DeviceTalks Q&A, Diabetes, Digital Health, Featured, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, News Well Tagged With: DeviceTalks Minnesota, Medtronic, value-based healthcare

HHS proposes regulatory changes to promote value-based payment arrangements

October 9, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

UPDATED Oct. 9, 2019, with comments from press briefing in Minneapolis. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today proposed what it’s describing as a modernization of the physician self-referral law in order to promote value-based healthcare. The proposed regulatory changes, which are heading into a 75-day public comment period, say the physician self-referral […]

Filed Under: Digital Health, Featured, Health Information Technology, Healthcare Reform, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS), value-based healthcare

Livongo boosts IPO to $268m midpoint

July 23, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Livongo Health yesterday boosted the range on its pending initial public offering, saying the flotation would now fetch nearly $268 million at the midpoint. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company developed a digital health platform to manage chronic diseases, selecting diabetes as its first target. After a series of upsizing announcements, Livongo yesterday said it plans […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Featured, Funding Roundup, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Livongo, value-based healthcare

Medtronic bails on bundled knees, to sell Responsive Orthopedics

May 9, 2019 By Brad Perriello

After three years in the bundled joint replacement business, a federal policy shift is prompting Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) to put its Responsive Orthopedics business on the auction block. The May 2016 acquisition of Minneapolis-based Responsive for an undisclosed amount put Medtronic in line for a bundled joint replacement program piloted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Orthopedics, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Medtronic, value-based healthcare

What is the future of medtech in 2019?

December 7, 2018 By Chris Newmarker

A global push to increase medical device industry regulation and the continued blurring of high tech and medtech – those are but some of the predictions that Medical Design & Outsourcing editors are hearing from experts. Read on to discover some of the top predictions of where the industry is going in 2019. Next>> Senior […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Information Technology, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Digital Health, value-based healthcare

Hospitals saved money under Medicare bundled-payment program

September 11, 2018 By Nancy Crotti

Medicare payments for lower extremity joint replacement care fell by 3.3% among participating hospitals compared to a control group in the first year of a bundled payment pilot program, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Quality of care was maintained in both settings, the federal health insurer said. CMS required all hospitals […]

Filed Under: Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Reimbursement, value-based healthcare

Report: IBM Watson Health cuts back on hospital biz

June 18, 2018 By Brad Perriello

The Watson Health operation at International Business Machine (NYSE:IBM) is reportedly cutting back on the portion of its business that sells to hospitals due to a softening market for value-based healthcare offerings. Managers for IBM Watson Health told workers last week that changes to the Affordable Care Act caused hospitals to spend less on managing outcomes-based contracts, […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Software / IT, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: IBM Watson Health, value-based healthcare

Smith & Nephew touts lower readmission rates for bundled joint procedure packages

January 18, 2018 By Brad Perriello

Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) is touting a 97.3% decrease in readmission rates for joint arthroplasties using its Episode of Care Assurance Program, a bundled payment option designed to reward good patient outcomes. Working with group purchasing organization Provider PPI, the British orthopedics and wound care giant’s eCAP program combines its hip and knee implants, Pico negative-pressure wound […]

Filed Under: Orthopedics Tagged With: Smith & Nephew, value-based healthcare

7 top stories that mattered for medtech in 2017

December 21, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

The medtech industry saw its transformation accelerate in 2017: Whether it’s the roster of largest companies, business models or the regulatory environment, times are a-changing. Competition is also heating up in areas including diabetes care and robotic surgery. Here are seven stories that mattered for the medical device industry this year. Next>>

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Healthcare Reform, Mergers & Acquisitions, Regulatory/Compliance, Robotics Tagged With: Abbott, Bigfoot Biomedical, Cardinal Health, FDA, Hurricane Maria, Johnson and Johnson, medicaldevicetax, Medtronic, value-based healthcare

Is medtech behind the curve on value-based care?

December 4, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Less than 60% of healthcare professionals think medical device brands meet their patient outcomes expectations – an important part of value-based care, according to a new survey from analytics platform company Vennli. “With the changes occurring in value-based healthcare model, healthcare providers are subject to more scrutiny than ever before. … Providers will put pressure on […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Healthcare Reform, Medicare, News Well Tagged With: value-based healthcare, vennli

Medicare finalizes cuts to value-based healthcare programs

December 1, 2017 By Brad Perriello

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday finalized cuts to a trio of bundled payment pilot programs aimed at lowering healthcare costs and improving outcomes. The federal health insurer cut the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, or CJR, effectively in half, from 67 geographic areas participating to 34, meaning about 470 hospital participants instead of 800. […]

Filed Under: Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Reimbursement, value-based healthcare

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