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Post Acute Care Manager Promises Lower Costs

By Ken Terry
May 2, 2013
NaviHealth program combines information from outcomes database and case manager followup to help plans and providers reduce post-acute care costs by up to 30%.
NaviHealth, a company that uses health IT and case managers to manage post-acute care for health plans and healthcare systems, has bundled payment pilots that involve hospital care and post-acute-care for up 90 days after discharge.

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Venture capital deals

By Dan Primack
April 26, 2013
Open English, a Miami, Fla.-based online language school in Latin America, has raised $65 million in Series D funding at a valuation just south of $350 million, according to VentureWire. Technology Crossover Ventures led the round. The company previously raised around $50 million from Flybridge Capital Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Insight Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.www.openenglish.com Read More

NaviHealth expands Midwest contract

By Linda Bryant
April 22, 2013
Health Alliance Medical deal grows to include Medicare Advantage members
Post-acute care delivery company naviHealth today announced an expansion of its partnership with Health Alliance Medical Plans, an Illinois-based health insurer with about 300,000 members. As a result of the agreement, naviHealth will offer care management services to Health Alliance’s Medicare Advantage members. Read More