CoverMyMeds, which helps drug companies get prior authorizations for expensive drugs, is being acquired by McKesson for at least $1.3 billion.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/mckesson-acquiring-covermymeds/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41382895&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_NIAdp2fH3La_TKeb4uDCYyg0lJax55wP7KFvvumltU3oO63cdrXfz0apFTBRXeYsHrZYvKwL2tM7sXK4j1-kWx-BxRq588WteuZQiv_whZ6jiTPM&_hsmi=41382895&rf=1The Commonwealth Fund issues a brief on designing a good health delivery system for complex, high-cost patients.
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Redox, which offers software to improve interoperability between health IT systems, has raised $9 million in fresh funding.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/redox-9m-series-b/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41295311&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WkTlRJz0RsZmVc_KVt4KhksH-vHV0YcGDvpRoLVPEl4HZmdy3GnQame2G-fBZQdsKP9kyYVKc9bKUzSXqpvrOe-eMM-8nMpUOUhfSQVWLUiIye8s&_hsmi=41295311Research published in Health Affairs finds that Medicare Advantage plans provide better post-acute care than that in the Medicare FFS option, at a lower cost.
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Nuna, gets more than nothing, raising a whopping $90 million to support a business of gathering and analyzing Medicaid data from all states.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/medicaid-data-cruncher-nuna-launches/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41071741&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--kMmAYjGVrFNM_7WhfdbfKoU_SVRE1HNTAazCiRof-1fQWHAoUvBU3uXtMwvQNaw8_DSoys8Nyj0cJ9n6z_Rne8-2S8_8Hs94Ta1jbWxt2JyNDgK8&_hsmi=41071741&rf=1In a blog post, the National Business Group on Health gives its top things to watch for in 2017.
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WillisTowersWatson issues its 21st annual employer survey on health benefits.
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