Morning Headlines 12/17/19
Bankrupt uBiome preliminarily sells patents for 1% of the poop-testing startup’s original valuation
Once valued at $600 million, bankrupt microbiome-testing startup UBiome auctions off its patents and intellectual property for $7 million to a consumer DNA testing company.
An OIG audit finds that, because of inaccurate hospital calculations, CMS paid out $93.6 million in incorrect Medicare EHR incentive payments to acute-care hospitals between 2013 and 2017.
A study of 70 EHR vendors with the most Meaningful Use attestations finds that physician satisfaction with EHRs is diminishing for nearly half of the products.
Fun framing using Seinfeld. Though in a piece about disrupting healthcare, it’s a little striking that patients, clinicians, and measurable…