Seems obvious, but a Health Affairs study confirms that premiums on the insurance exchanges are higher when fewer plans participate.
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Here is a shock, a government program, Medicare, that wastes taxpayer dollars by paying more for care in one setting than another, in this case long-term care hospitals.
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Sempre Health gets a new round of financing, $8 million, for its software that interacts between health care providers and drug manufacturers to help adjust prices for behavioral health medications.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sempre-health-raises-8m-series-a-to-improve-access-to-medications-across-the-us-300703815.htmlCMS issues the first annual outside evaluation of the Next Generation ACO program, finding some modest savings.
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A study carried in Health Affairs discusses trends in high-deductible health plans.
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One Medical, which offers a technology-based platform for health care, including virtual visits and in-person provider offices, garners a massive new investment of $350 million.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/one-medical-raises-350-million-from-carlyle-group-to-help-double-up-offices-and-offerings/Paladina Health gathers a whopping $165 million in capital to support its direct primary care model of providing health benefits. Any pal a Dina is a pal of mine with that kind of checkbook.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paladina-health-receives-165m-investment-from-nea-and-new-investors-300701392.htmlThe Alliance for Regenerative Medicine releases a sponsored study of the cost-effectiveness analysis of new cell and gene therapies.
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Hospitals post underwhelming purchasing savings following acquisition activity, according to a new paper at NBER.
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RDMD, which has a data platform to help with research on rare diseases and to manage patients with those diseases, gets some initial financing of $3 million.
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/rare-disease-cro-and-health-record-startup-rdmd-raises-3m-funding?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldNd1lUSXpabVF5TURjNCIsInQiOiJcLzYwM0R6SHBcL2lESXFYbkF1U0FZdmpsN0VyUk1DdlZJWU1wUTkrWFZib3NoOE5xUVFJVVlNNVFCY3phVmVRN2toVDV2MUJQbHhDelR2QjFWVmJzUUR5bkVQa2t4cTVSUUp5NFlMR3lrVFNvbFRyMnVXejMyb3YzdHVZQ3FoYnlYIn0%3D&mrkid=635530An analysis published in JAMA finds that Medicare is wasting about a billion dollars a year purchasing brand-name drugs.
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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.