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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Science 37 secures an additional $29 million to create "site-less" or virtual clinical trials.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/04/science-37-raises-29m-clinical-trials/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=51197622&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fZHanAf_TxYIlqF7OtxNuPJbCjem14XbdAU00cT4JoZwygtMFq01_GP1-1ql5fwFKsFxdK1ATIEvKIU3i6P8AHoTh5_dELp1_8wgR6ECst6iChLc&_hsmi=51197622&rf=1A report sponsored by several academic and think tank organizations examines whether more competition would help reduce health spending.
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A General Accounting Office report focuses on barriers to greater use of telemedicine in federal programs.
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