A Commonwealth Fund report examines trends in consumer cost-sharing for exchange plans.
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A Milliman article discusses how the "long-tail" problem applies to health care services and how telemedicine may ameliorate it.
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Showing its in the clover, new-fangled health plan Clover Health finds $160 million in fresh capital to support expansion, and its likely underpricing of the health care costs it is assuming, see Oscar Health, e.g.
Accenture publishes an article revealing that hospitals that create better patient experience of care have higher profit margins.
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Analyzing the latest medical spending data suggests that growth rates continue to be much higher than those for the economy.
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Noble.Md has doctored itself by raising a royal $1.5 million for its totally new (sarc) idea of creating population health apps.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/noble-md-founder-moves-beyond-awkward-healthcare-conversations/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=21d8f5dd86-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-21d8f5dd86-408793005&rf=1McKinsey issues results of a survey it conducted of exchange enrollees.
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PBMs and payers are beginning to exclude more drugs from any kind of coverage.
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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at the health effects of being a caregiver for a critically ill patient.
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If you thought the current reform law cost way more than the Administration said it would, you ain't seen nothin' yet, according to an analysis of Sen. Sanders grandiose health…
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Large numbers of patients are using virtual visits for routine and urgent care due to convenience. Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that guideline adherent care is not delivered in a significant fraction of these virtual visits and there is substantial variation in care across virtual visit websites.
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