A brief from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the current method of reimbursing Medicare Advantage plans results in overpayments.
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EHR and practice management software vendor Allscripts is acquiring competitor Practice Fusion for $100 million in cash, starting a likely wave of consolidation among EHR vendors. Now that most systems and practices have an EHR, growth is solely to come from stealing from competitors, or buying them. Not good news in the long run for customers, who will face higher prices, and whose already dismal satisfaction with most of these products won't likely be improved.
https://ehrintelligence.com/news/allscripts-to-acquire-practice-fusion-in-100m-cash-deal?elqTrackId=a342f0a679ce48518de1ca05fc7f38f4&elq=314ca00a85dd4425a20fc95dbce40475&elqaid=4387&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=4065Connecture, a public company which provides software that facilitates health insurance exchanges, is being acquired at a puny 35 cents a share by a private equity firm. This stock once traded at $12 a share. Should be a clear warning about the dangers of small companies going public.
https://www.pehub.com/2018/01/francisco-partners-to-buy-connecture/A new paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research assesses whether primary care can impact downstream utilization.
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You may have seen some stories about how drug manufacturers have been exercising “restraint” in keeping their 2018 price increases under 10%. This makes me sick. These companies are raising prices with absolutely no cost justification, this is purely generating higher profits. They should be pilloried, not lauded.
New data from the American Medical Association provides insights into the sources of physician revenue.
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A paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the economic impact of pharmacogenomic testing.
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Two new papers provide more analysis on the concentration and persistence of health spending.
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Time to evaluate again my dismal projections of trends in the coming year.
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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.
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