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Company will use the $58 million round of financing to advance its cloud-based platform for genomics and biomedical datasets.
The health system will modernize existing facilities, expand others, build a new urgent care center and purchase medical equipment.
Health insurers benefit from lower corporate taxes but repealing the individual mandate will spike uncompensated care costs and stick hospitals with tighter operating margins, less cash flow.
A lot of the money spent in the six months after a heart attack don't seem to be making much of a difference.
Farzad Mostashari's startup gives physicians the tools and assistance to build accountable care organizations.
Private health insurance continues to be the largest payer for healthcare goods and services, accounting for just over one-third of total healthcare spending in 2016.
Hospitals have been unable to translate volume growth into stronger revenue due to lower reimbursement rate increases and higher expenses, Moody's says.
New venture fund from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is more of a market lift model than an accelerator, partner says.
Optum Ventures will combine the funding, analytics capabilities and its vast network to make bold bets on emerging digital health companies.
Goal is to boost early-stage healthcare technologies and startups that have a link to Houston and the medical center.