A Centers for Disease Control brief examines geographic variation in the number of and spending on Medicare beneficiaries with six or more chronic conditions.
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Research published at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines Oregon's use of a value-based insurance design to reduce utilization of low-value services.
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On the heels of a raise a month earlier, doctor on demand vendor Heal has raised another $14.8 million from Fidelity.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/heal-adds-investment-from-fidelity/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38842546&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9KBZ0eCvGona0jN2FccQz2WM-v9Q8mZn_8lMDMUMst63HtmGn-xo3DiYUx0bEC7WWL4r49tvHTBqIW3AFuhnKYPRsC98gWb812WtakMHTwbYQI5E0&_hsmi=38842546&rf=1A survey from the Employee Benefits Research Institute elicits employee perceptions of health care.
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A recent MedPAC meeting included a discussion of the effects of provider consolidation.
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CMS' official report on national health spending for 2015 is out and reported in Health Affairs. Spending growth accelerated in 2015 and is probably continuing to do so in 2016.
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Fruit Street (really, that is the name you seriously want for your business?), has gone bananas and its fundraising efforts have borne fruit, garnering $4 million to support its telehealth software for providers products. Hopefully the investors aren't a bunch of fruitcakes.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/telehealth-software-provider-fruit-street-expands-series-a-round-to-4-mln/Encounter Telehealth, a telepsychiatry firm, is raising $1 million.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/telepsychiatry-startup-geared-people-severe-mental-illness-raises-1m-round/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38594656&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tRJsL8J38vaxJyJJUPNpclqF-oQDmLkKmA368Vxbqy7FgzR6tmoK7KQhA-ml6cVcvTRMGhhffK5y-fd5x0OY_c7_5HWlphG-P6KKmv0zbc9lr9ok&_hsmi=38594656A study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry finds that telemedicine appears as efficacious as in-person therapy.
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