Morning eHealth Newsletter
May 31, 2018
Niall Brennan, currently leading the Health Care Cost Institute, has joined the startup MPIRICA’s board of advisors, the company announced.
Aon Joins Forces with Leading Digital Health Innovators to Offer Exclusive Insights on Provider Cost and Quality Data
May 17, 2018
Aon has joined forces with two leading digital health companies—Amino and MPIRICA—to provide employers with independent and objective cost and quality metrics for thousands of U.S. health providers.
MPIRICA Health partners with services giant Aon to bring healthcare rankings to users around the globe
May 17, 2018
When you’re looking for a nice restaurant or a new car, the first thing you do is probably check independent reviews to get unbiased information. In healthcare, that’s almost never the case.
Infographic: 3 tips for finding high-quality surgical services
May 10, 2018
In today’s high-cost health care environment, the last words any consumer wants to hear is, “we need to operate.” Going under the knife is scary enough without waking up to a five- or six-digit medical bill.
Using Yelp for Your Health
April 26, 2018
Proponents say online health care reviews, like those found on Yelp, can give patients a more rounded view when choosing a doctor, and that health systems in turn can leverage the praise and critiques from users to improve patient experience and care.
Answering Senator Bill Cassidy’s Questions About Health Care Price Transparency
April 19, 2018
In late February 2018, a group of US senators co-signed a letter to stakeholders seeking answers to questions that centered on how to achieve greater pricing transparency.
Could narrow networks be the next big cost cutter?
January 9, 2018
Restricted networks can mean lower costs, but also less flexibility for members and likely lower patient satisfaction.
Who are the Triangle’s best surgeons? New data provides scores and rankings.
September 22, 2017
The Triangle, long known as a hub for world-class health care, is home to three surgeons who rank in the top 1 percent of doctors in their surgical specialty, according to data released to The News & Observer.
Achieving transparency in healthcare
September 1, 2017
SPECIAL REPORT: Pressure is mounting to make healthcare prices available to patients, but there are significant hurdles to doing so.
Innovate or perish: Seven Seattle CEOs offer tips for encouraging change and curiosity
Jul 27, 2017
Business leaders running innovative companies offer their thoughts on how company culture encourages innovation as they grow.
81 digital health funding deals from Q2 2017
July 7, 2017
StartUp Health’s recent funding report placed Q2 2017 as one of the biggest quarters of all time, and MobiHealthNews’s own data seems to back up that claim.
What questions to ask your doctor if you’re considering surgery
May 28, 2017
Here are questions to ask and issues to think about when you face surgery.
Startup reveals ranking of surgery outcomes in Seattle-area hospitals
May 18, 2017
With a goal of making the health care industry more transparent, Bellevue-based Mpirica has released an easy-to-use guide for surgery outcomes at Seattle-area hospitals.
Term Sheet — Wednesday, April 26
April 26, 2017
MPIRICA Health, a Bellevue, Wash.-based healthcare transparency startup, raised a $4.6 million in funding. OurCrowd led the round.
Mpirica Health raises $4.6M in funding for surgery, health organization quality score platform: 4 insights
April 26, 2017
Mpirica Health raised $4.6 million in funding for its surgery and health organization quality score platform.
Mpirica Health raises $4.6M for hospital-ranking platform, a ‘batting average’ for surgeries
April 25, 2017
One of the first things we do when deciding where to buy a house or what company to work for is look at independent rankings.
Mpirica raises $4.6 million for surgery quality transparency
April 25, 2017
Seattle-based healthcare quality transparency company Mpirica has raised $4.6 million in a round led by equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd.
Mpirica Health Raises $4.6M in Funding
April 25, 2017
Mpirica Health, Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based digital health startup, raised $4.6m in funding.
MPIRICA Health raises $4.6M for transparency tools to support procedure venue decisions
April 25, 2017
MPIRICA Health, a digital health company boasting price and quality transparency tools, has closed a $4.6 million Series A round led by Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd...
Mpirica Health raises $4.6 million to help fuel national rollout
April 25, 2017
This round was led by equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, bringing Mpirica's total funding to $6.6 million.
OurCrowd Leads $4.6 Million Funding in MPIRICA Health
April 25, 2017
MPIRICA Health Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based healthcare quality transparency startup, has received $4.6 million in funding led by OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding platform...
MPIRICA Health Announces $4.6 Million Funding Round to Deliver Surgery Outcome Scores of Doctors and Hospitals
April 25, 2017
MPIRICA Health, Inc., a leading healthcare quality transparency startup, today announces a $4.6 million funding round led by OurCrowd...
Former Tesla Head of Benefits Joins Advisory Board of MPIRICA® Health
March 1, 2017
MPIRICA® Health Inc., a leading healthcare quality transparency company today announced their newest board advisor, Nate Randall, Founder and President of Ursa Major Consulting.
Advanced Plan for Health Selects MPIRICA® as Surgery Quality Transparency Partner
February 28, 2017
MPIRICA® Health Inc., a leading healthcare quality transparency company and Advanced Plan for Health (APH), a provider of data analytics technology that helps organizations improve health benefits programs, today announced a partnership which will support APH's mission to provide excellence in healthcare analytics guidance for self-insured employers, health insurance brokers and health plan providers.
Welvie partners with Seattle-area company to deliver surgery scores
December 1, 2016
Mpirica Health, a Bellevue, Washington startup focused on transparency in the health care industry, has partnered with a Chicago company to put its hospital and surgeon quality scores in front of a much larger audience.
Welvie surgery decision-support program to offer surgeon and hospital quality ratings based on medical outcomes
November 29, 2016
Partnership with MPIRICA will deliver objective, data-driven scores covering over 58,000 surgeons and 4,900 hospitals.
Patient Satisfaction vs. Quality Scores: What They Really Mean
October 16, 2016
Hospitals are in constant pursuit of both quality and patient satisfaction, and it is easy to assume that good marks in one will mean good marks in the other. That often is not the case, however, and hospital quality leaders must be careful not to assume correlation.
5 ways self-insured employers can find true centers of excellence
July 7, 2016
In the self-insured world, “centers of excellence” is a term that is beginning to be used for a specific hospital that has been selected by a large employer for bundled pricing of high-ticket, higher-volume surgeries like knee replacement.
Surgeon ratings websites aim to make a mark on patient care
June 27, 2016
Two new ratings websites use risk adjustment models that offer a more complete picture of quality care.
About to have surgery? Startup to make 1 million outpatient quality scores available
May 6, 2016
Bellevue-based Mpirica Health, a startup focused on transparency in the health care industry, is taking the next step on its startup journey with a plan to launch more than 1 million quality scores on outpatient procedures this quarter...
MPIRICA launches over 1M outpatient quality scores for individual physicians and hospitals
May 3, 2016
MPIRICA Health, Inc., a healthcare startup focused on quality transparency, today announced they will be launching over one million outpatient quality scores for individual physicians and hospitals, covering approximately 1,000 surgeries.
Healthcare startup to list outpatient surgeon quality scores online
April 29, 2016
MPIRICA Health, a startup focused on quality transparency in the healthcare industry, has announced plans to list more than 1 million outpatient quality scores for individual physicians and hospitals online.
MPIRICA Health announces an industry first: the addition of over 1 million outpatient surgeon quality scores
April 28, 2016
MPIRICA Health, Inc., a healthcare startup focused on quality transparency, today announced they will be launching over one million outpatient quality scores for individual physicians and hospitals, covering approximately 1,000 surgeries...
Why big data is big boon for health care
March 25, 2016
Big data is making health care more transparent, more accurate and more cost-effective. That was the message from health care executives at the recent Health Care of the Future conference presented by the Puget Sound Business Journal...
PSBJ Event: Medical data transparency is the 'biggest improvement to patient safety since antibiotics'
March 16, 2016
Shakil Haroon started the health care transparency company Mpirica in 2014 because, at the time, the way to learn who...
MPIRICA Health Secures $400K OurCrowd First Investment; Eduardo Shoval Joins Board
November 10, 2015
MPIRICA Health Inc., today announced a $400,000 investment from OurCrowd First, an earlystage seed fund with OurCrowd...
Bellevue health-data startup Mpirica adds board member with IPO experience
November 10, 2015
It's too soon for young Bellevue-based startup Mpirica Health Analytics to go public, but CEO Shakil Haroon said "that's an aspiration."...
How good is your surgeon? This startup crunches federal data to find out
October 9, 2015
Mpirica Health Analytics just launched a service that provides quality and cost scores for thousands of surgeons throughout the country...
Mpirica Reveals Options to Health Care Customers
August 17, 2015
One way to highlight the inefficiencies of the U.S. medical system is to compare purchasing a new car with purchasing surgery...
Is a Surgery in Your Parent’s Future? Verify the Hospital’s Rating Before They Schedule
July 24, 2015
Earlier this year the American Medical Association (AMA) released a list of high-risk surgeries for adults aged 65 and older..
Mpirica Health lands $1.6M to rate hospitals based on surgical outcomes
Apr 22, 2015
You may know a hospital by its general reputation, but is it really the best place to go for the specific type of surgery you need?
Small funding round a big event for Bellevue start-up's unique health-care product
Apr 22, 2015
Health care transparency startup Mpirica Health Analytics has nabbed $1.6 million in funding just three months after its launch...
Health experts to speak at ACA conference in Midland
April 10, 2015
Healthcare and insurance experts will lead a conference April 23 about changes to the medical insurance industry relating to the Affordable Care Act...
Microsoft, Google vets create system to reveal quality, cost of hospital procedures
Mar 4, 2015
New tools that allow consumers to try and demystify the cost of their upcoming medical procedures have become popular in recent years...
