Express Scripts' 2015 Drug Trend Report reveals continued spending pressure from the drug category, especially branded medications, with more to come in future years.
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Narrative DX says that it has raised $1.1 million in capital and stated that it will use it for its tool to add context to patient satisfaction surveys, which sounds like quite a story.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/patient-experience-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f4f6129d0b-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f4f6129d0b-408793005More shocking news on provider behavior--they respond to penalties for health care-acquired infections by changing the coding of certain events.
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According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, the number of clinical messages generated by electronic medical records is beginning to overwhelm physicians. Reading and responding takes substantial time and is leading to information overload.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/physicians-clinical-messaging/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f1086a8cce-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f1086a8cce-408793005&rf=1A study in Population Health Management finds that a telephone-based chronic disease management program had significant net savings.
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Not many physician groups achieved extra payments in the first year of CMS' value-based purchasing program.
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A Health Affairs blog gives further evidence of the deleterious effect of provider consolidation on health care prices and spending.
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Research published in Health Affairs finds that retail clinics, while having lower unit costs for the services they offer, do not lower total health spending.
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New research appears to confirm that directing certain medical procedures, such as knee replacements, only to high-volume providers, could save significant health spending while maintaining or improving quality.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/hfss-gkr030316.php?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTkA Health Affairs article reports that quality measure collection and reporting activities impose substantial costs on physician practices.
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