America's Health Insurance Plans sponsors a piece by actuarial firm Oliver Wyman regarding the proposed 2018 Medicare Advantage rates.
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The Healthcare Trends Institute surveys 250 benefit managers to ascertain the state of health care benefits.
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Having a low or a high deductible insurance plan is associated with a reduction in receipt of certain care by diabetes patients, but not with a change in outcomes.
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Prime Therapeutics issues a press release about its drug trend for 2016.
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Express Scripts offers up the first 2016 Drug Trend report, with forecasts for the future to boot.
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Canosejo offers telehealth services for Spanish speakers and raised $4.9 million in capital to support growth.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/telehealth-startup-for-spanish-speakers-raises-4-9m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43306288&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--N303nZaG3_-eGOzJTjcGX7uPtxKjNqpYDv-NaTdKuPA5xv7IR7cTMWE1wEvje_xfMqmuE25LgPbLsOCaEDXtRLev3IvBo_wdZK_qW15AJFpzelI8&_hsmi=43306288&rf=1Accenture publishes a new survey on the internet of health things.
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A study in Health Affairs finds that lower-paid employees have different health care usage patterns and costs than do higher-paid ones.
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Doctor.com heals itself with a $5 million funding round to grow its business of helping physicians market their practices to payers and patients.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/doctor-com-closes-5m-series-round-launch-marketing-automation-platform-physician-practices/?rf=1&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43222697&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9rQWlP1dvx-m4TDYX0_PnD8BlbCgUWUSn8Ql-IeXWfQYNlvp7t1t6b7yjC6CjhrwCFBi2n_KUkcbv-J_9_F33BTV6KXGzDsfwJP0uZIZiEqLeymjc&_hsmi=43222697The Altarum Institute issues a report on the impact of bundled payment methods on volume of services.
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CMS' Office of the Actuary's new projections on health spending show above GDP growth as far as the eye can see.
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