Starting off the week with more medication reports is a summary of the IMS report on drug use in America.
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Obtaining MORE capital, MORE Health has raised $3 million to support its business of connecting Chinese doctors with US specialists.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/nea-invests-3m-health-startup-connecting-chinese-doctors-patients-us-specialists/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=63b4aa1f71-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-63b4aa1f71-67648197A preliminary release from Aon gives an expected medical and pharmacy trend for employers of 5.4% in 2015 and 5.9% in 2016, driven higher by pharmacy costs that are estimated to increase 9.5% in 2015 and 10% in 2016.
http://aon.mediaroom.com/2015-04-20-Aon-Analysis-Shows-Double-Digit-Increases-in-U-S-Pharmacy-Costs-by-2016MD Insider has raised $9.5 million to compete in the commodity market of offering price and quality information about physicians and other providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/md-insider-playing-physician-data-transparency-war-win/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c727044440-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c727044440-67677117Need all your fingers and toes to count the Medicare "quality" initiatives doctors have to comply with, and many are responding with a certain finger to those programs.
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TransUnion Healthcare issued a report on how patients are coping with the ongoing financial pressures related to their health care.
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HEALTHCAREfirst, has capitalized on its position by acquiring a lower-case company, Deyta. HEALTHCAREfirst provides software for home health agencies and hospices and Deyta offers patient satisfaction and quality measurement services for the same market.
http://www.deyta.com/news/healthcarefirst-announces-acquisition-of-deytaA report from Avalere suggests that the penalty for failing to have health insurance is too low to incent people to enroll.
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