A paper from the Pacific Research Group finds that there are large potential savings from more, and more use of, biosimilars.
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DEARhealth, a vendor of data-driven, patient-centric pathways for care of patients with chronic illness, makes investors pay dearly to invest $6.8 million in the firm.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/philips-vesalius-biocapital-iii-health-innovations-invest-in-dearhealth-ai-health-tech-start-up-300887358.htmlA study carried by the Journal of Health Economics explores how consumers react to reference pricing.
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Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association looks at the effects of switching to a capitated reimbursement method for primary care physicians.
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A study in Health Affairs tracks the impact of readmission penalties on surgery hospitalizations.
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Third-party administrator Sedgwick is acquiring York Risk Services, combining two of the larger TPAs.
https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190708/NEWS08/912329470/Sedgwick-Claims-Management-Services-acquires-third-party-administrator-York-Risk?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OD3xeYiuKiS8TgbTwJRgQNAxFN7-zSmmV_dDnk3909Yat3Mqa790JYn3meYiuWmeeK1pCO6WfoC-SoXYo3oLLkEzM6EIid8lgSRshdcE2Wbt1Gs0&_hsmi=74594420New research suggests that many serious malpractice claims derive from diagnostic errors.
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A Merritt Hawkins survey focuses on incentives used to recruit physicians and other clinicians.
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Wayfair, a general revenue cycle information technology company, has acquired Digitize Ai, which claims to have an improved process for prior authorization.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/artificial-intelligence/waystar-acquires-ai-tech-firm-to-streamline-prior-authorization.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1YGNS Healthcare leads a precision strike on investor wallets, securing $23 million in new financing for its "precision" medicine software that supposedly gets the right treatment to the right patient.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/cigna-ventures-leads-23m-funding-round-precision-medicine-company-gns-healthcare?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpJMlpUVmpZV1JtTXpCaiIsInQiOiJKd1ZWR3Fja0FyN0pLWHQ1RXZKcVhrM2JJNUpuSk5SaEQ0WUpPdkpBOEZJckFrVlRNMnJNdjA0N0poYVo4TXJrZTFnQXNQVXh5SGF6Q3JaXC9xSVV0XC82ZXdlZU9MUk1pT1dkNnpldzlOMkRtS3JwSnZhZVAyM2pYVEt6d2NvemZLIn0%3D&mrkid=635530A new study finds that using private health plans for Medicaid benefit provision improves quality but doesn't lower spending.
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I know it's shocking, just shocking, but the RVS, basically created by doctors, may overstate the time that various medical tasks take.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.