As high deductible insurance plans continue to cover more Americans, the Employee Benefit Research Institute gives details on the characteristics of enrollees compared to the population at large.
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A new study of pay-for-performance programs finds modest results overall, but better quality improvement for the initially worst-performing physicians.
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According to Accenture, digital health solutions will save the US tens of billions of dollars in health spending over the next few years. BS
http://newsroom.accenture.com/news/digital-health-solutions-expected-to-save-us-healthcare-system-more-than-100-billion-over-next-four-years-accenture-finds.htm#relThe Altarum Institute's briefs on health spending, health care prices and utilization for May 2015 are available and support the notion that spending growth is accelerating.
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One Drop gets a few more drops in its bucket; $8 million for its mobile diabetes management tools.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/one-drop-nets-8m-to-further-develop-mobile-diabetes-management-tools/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f05e784020-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f05e784020-67648197A study of financial incentives for participation in a smoking cessation program found that reward-based incentives worked best.
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