Rock Weekly: Who really pays for healthcare?
Healthcare economics dominated the airwaves, as CMS proposed to cut payments for hospital readmissions and rallied for even more hospital transparency. Also, it came out that exchange enrollment exceeded its goal – just not in the way it needed to. In hardware news, wearables got a big nod as Amazon rolled out a dedicated site for them and the 75% of consumers that believe they’ll make waves in wellness.
Rock Health companies continue on their winning streak as Wello gets scooped up by weight loss behemoth Weight Watchers to bring virtual workouts to the masses.
Headlines
A Doctor’s Declaration Of Independence
The Wall Street Journal
Who Really Pays For Healthcare Might Surprise You
NPR
Four-Year Slowdown In Health Spending Growth Could Be Coming To An End
Vox
Technology Made Health Care Expensive. Can It Now Control Costs?
Re/code
WHO Warns That The Post Antibiotic Era Is Almost Here
The Wire
The Government Could Make It Harder To Talk To Your Doctor On The Phone
Vox
FBI Investigating Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Debacle
The Oregonian
This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible
Wired
Income And Spending Are Up — Thanks, Obamacare
FiveThirtyEight
Rock Health In The News
Apple On Medical Tech Hiring Spree: Possible Hint Of iWatch Plans
Reuters
Silicon Valley Health Tech Wrestles With The FDA
KQED
Weight Watchers Is Coming To An Internet Connection Near You
VentureBeat
Leaning In To Change Healthcare
Forbes
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Alignment Healthcare | $125M | General Atlantic | VentureWire |
| NantHealth | $100M | Sovereign Wealth Funds, Kuwait Investment Authority | Los Angeles Business Journal |
| Doximity | $54M | DFJ, T. Rowe Price Associates, Morgan Stanley Investment Management | Re/code |
| Integrated Diagnostics | $47.3M | Baird Capital, Life Sciences Alternative Funding | Seattle Business Journal |
| Voluntis | $29M | Bpifrance Large Venture, Innovation Capital, Vesalius Biocapital, Qualcomm Ventures, others | MobiHealthNews |
| RedBrick Health | $7.5M | Undisclosed | MobiHealthNews |
| Sherpaa | $3.4M | David Karp | MobiHealthNews |
| BigHealth | $3.3M | Index Ventures, Forward Partners | MobiHealthNews |
| MediKidz | $1.5M | Undisclosed | MedCity News |
| Halo Neuroscience | $1.5M | Marc Andreessen, Jeff Clavier | TechCrunch |
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