The 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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Pacifica labs offers cognitive behavioral therapy support tools, like mobile apps, and recently closed on a seed round of funding.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/cognitive-behavioral-health-startup-pacifica-labs-closes-seed-round/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42936331&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_UQyN7rzc-KfdmJq_qoWniK41hCBQSe9pJvw-og4OGNuEGxj4NekvjKpM_i6Gu4x_Lg79O2NnCntHplrFVT8jejeJdfQMnJouGrtMXVIK0q4YYkXE&_hsmi=42936331A study at the Public Library of Science finds that use of pharmacogenomics in managing drug regimens can help reduce readmissions and ER use.
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Health professional continuing education and training firm Career Step takes a step forward, finding a solution to its problems by buying Panacea, which provides coding and compliance training.
http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/strategic_m_a/revelstoke-career-step-buys-panacea-grow-educational-services-262601-1.htmlResearchers use an interesting approach to ascertain that hospital quality measures do appear to be associated with better patient outcomes.
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Using long-term care hospitals as an example, researchers find that reimbursement methods designed to control costs may create other outcomes.
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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the effects of price-linked subsidies to aid in the purchase of health insurance.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.