Mark Farrah Associates issues an analysis of recent payments (bribes) to health plans to keep them happy about participating in the ACA exchanges.
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Machine learning for health care vendor GNS Healthcare gets a fresh $6 million in capital from Amgen Ventures, as it focuses on drug development uses.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amgen-ventures-invests-in-gns-healthcare-to-advance-applications-of-its-refs-causal-machine-learning-and-simulation-ai-platforms-300508205.htmlPaying the newly insured to go to a primary care doctor increases visits.
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Large Catholic-affiliated hospital network Ascension is merging with Presence Health, in another example of hospital consolidation which will do nothing to reduce health spending.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170822/NEWS/170829976?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170822-NEWS-170829976&utm_campaign=amA study in JAMA suggests that the FDA's review of high-risk medical devices hasn't been as thorough as it should be.
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The solar eclipse was fascinating, but a road trip through America's heartland is more enlightening.
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Happy eclipse day!! A recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine exaggerates the benefits and minimizes the costs of health insurance expansions.
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