A unit of the Centers for Disease Control issues a report displaying the state variation in certain types of health care utilization.
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A BenefitFocus research report looks at trends in employee health benefits by large employers.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation Article examines factors influencing 2017 premium rates for the public insurance exchanges and urges caution in assuming large increases. Wishful thinking.
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We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog for something a little less serious.
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Digital Reasoning, which offers analytics in the health care and other industries, has raised an additional $40 million.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/digital-reasoning-series-d/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6b9a8fea84-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-6b9a8fea84-408793005&rf=1A Medical Economics survey covers a variety of characteristics of physician practices.
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Making a lovely twosome, MedData couples itself to Duet Health, marrying the former's revenue cycle data management business with the latter's patient engagement capabilities.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/meddata-duet-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1Behavioral health telemedicine software provider WeCounsel is raising $3.5 million in new financing.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/telemedicine-software-for-behavioral-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1A Milliman report examines cancer care costs, finding that spending increases are largely driven by higher usage of hospital outpatient settings for chemotherapy.
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