Okay, so now everyone in the pharmacy business can officially freak out, Amazon said it will buy PillPack for about $1 billion. PillPack bundles drugs and ships them to patients who buy online. I don't think that is actually much of a threat to the Walgreens and CVS' of the world.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-online-pharmacy-pillpack-1530191443A new analysis from Sherlock Company finds rising administrative costs in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans.
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A report sponsored by several groups tries to correlate market structure and health spending.
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The Workers' Compensation Research Institute issues a report showing substantial variation across states in medical costs for treating workers' comp cases.
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Wildflower Health, which offers, wait for it, a MOBILE APP to help families manage their health, is acquiring another, wait for it, MOBILE APP, Circle, which is oriented toward helping pregnant women.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/06/wildflower-health-circle/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63999468&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8AEDAb0QlSlYG4vcW2vXjgnWC9dCoWtqoqFW8HGAm9DH4FbUJkXyY5BP5APlLmYECLr9KyDsz3IJZ-UU3UmD0etJL4s7IQf886RVGEaaAsrcUxqn4&_hsmi=63999468A blog post at Health Affairs explores the very important topic of understanding physician behavior.
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Two Deloitte surveys provide insight into consumer and provider views of telemedicine.
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The conclusion to a review of MedPAC's annual report to Congress on Medicare issues.
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