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Quick hits: CMS Innovation Center; New medical MVNO

By Brian Dolan 01:10 pm November 17, 2010

A proving ground for mHealth reimbursement: No news here really, but it's now official: CMS has launched The New Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. CMMI Website Health smartphones for newly announced medical MVNO? Cytta says it is now a medical mobile virtual network operator that will offer "health smartphones" on its network. Release Stroke prediction: St. Jude study shows...

Shorts: Philips $300M loan; WiFi scale; uHealth

By Brian Dolan 03:54 am December 7, 2009

Philips snags $300M loan for R&D: Philips has attained a EURO 200 million loan (about $300 million) from the European Investment Bank for research and development for healthcare ICT projects in Europe: Image-guided intervention, clinician support tools and home healthcare. The loan is for 10 years and is provided under the Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF). More USA Today lists WiFi weight...