In research from Sweden, privatizing certain health services appeared to lead to better quality.
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Medstreaming, a vendor of software solutions for the cardiology, vascular and radiology specialties, is acquiring Physician Billing Partners which does revenue cycle management for the same vendors.
http://www.newscenter1.tv/story/32551513/medstreaming-announces-the-acquisition-of-revenue-cycle-management-provider-physician-billing-partnersA study carried in the Journal of the Americal Medical Association Internal Medicine finds that use of reference pricing reduced spending on lab tests.
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Using MEPS data, an Employee Benefit Research Institute note examines trends in employers offer of health insurance benefits.
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Healthways, a model history lesson for current hyped companies, has sold its population health unit to Sharecare. It appears that Healthways basically got nothing for the unit.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/07/sharecare-acquires-healthways-population-health-management/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=32252928&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yQ0RhIjwUe7CBCZMFK41V6kn9l0QI4No10M1VXOn0nPkK_tDMbk9-LAsWuad9RRxZk3HNNqlkCNgvFWI97TxK_8uEKu-NiGOhBdefhPva70lJmD8&_hsmi=32252928&rf=1EMD Serono has released its annual review of how specialty drug issues are handled by health plans.
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