A study sponsored by the Health Care Cost Institute and published in Health Affairs looks at variation in prices paid by commercial health plans.
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Research carried in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests giving physicians price information doesn't change what they order.
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There aren't enough patient engagement companies, so Catalia Health is starting another one with the help of $2.5 million in new investment. It features an AI robot that will tailor individual conversations with patients. I am sure the 80 year olds who represent a lot of spending will go for that.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170501005318/en/Catalia-Health-Raises-2.5M-Funding-Deploy-IntelligentAnother study confirms that the CMS hospital readmission program is poorly designed and isn't accomplishing squat.
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A Kaiser survey compares views on end-of-life care in several countries.
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An AHRQ brief examines the effect of the reform law's Medicaid expansion on enrollment in employment-based insurance plans.
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MPIRICA Health garners $4.6 million in a new round of funding for its business of supplying health care price and transparency tools.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/04/mpirica-health-raises-4-6m-transparency-tools-evaluate-procedures-based-price-quality/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=51197622&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8uoBDzak1L8hRloYNQhTXn0-At00o8WADSkclkJFuCGVbNB-XVIhNkT1ZA3vDB1_twgsYiadeX70iyLT59I9vgKft-DNfeIaKzf5uUyO7_2rQHb8E&_hsmi=51197622&rf=1HealthVerity raises $10 million in new funding for its de-identified health care database of supposedly 300 million patients.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/04/healthverity-raises-10m-for-dataset-marketplace/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=51197622&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_r8C7MjgxJGDHTMlWyLevlSD7AEObRVrHOYDjAgoA3IqLesVWhR01f418IMttFD3nX5IFVqF1IJ8N87ZOTGqJ1k1YbimaIhtgx47HeQK8U1e-dkxU&_hsmi=51197622&rf=1An analysis published in Health Affairs finds substantial turnover in physicians and beneficiaries in accountable care organizations.
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