According to a New York Times analysis, hospitals are continuing to raise prices at a healthy, or depending on your perspective, unhealthy clip.
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A new paper at the National Bureau of Economics suggests that Medicare Advantage plans' risk-score coding gains them billions in additional revenue.
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No longer going solo, health kiosk provider SoloHealth, strikes a deal with the Cleveland Clinic pursuant to which it will change its name to Pursuant Health and receive $2.4 million in new financing.
http://mobihealthnews.com/43597/solohealth-now-pursuant-health-raises-2-4m-partners-with-cleveland-clinic/A widely disseminated and perpetuated myth is that the United States wastes one-third of its health spending. Focus on this lie distracts from finding real improvements for the system.
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Careport has raised $2 million to aid in development of its post-acute care transitions business.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/health-it-startup-nets-2m-to-expand-post-acute-care-transition-tool/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0f1a9d5f0b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0f1a9d5f0b-67648197PWC's Health Research Institute describes opportunities for billing and payment improvements in the health system in a new report.
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An article in the Wall Street Journal suggests that there will be significant health insurance premium increases for individual policies in many states for 2016.
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