The latest Congressional Budget Office projections on the reform law indicate that some costs will be lower and other higher and that a large pool of uninsured people will remain.
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Towers Watson issues another survey of employer trends, finding that things aren't likely to get any easier for workers over the next few years.
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SocialWellth has raised $7.5 million to expand its mobile health app stores, and has agreed to trade its extra "l" for an "a". Here's to your hellth.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/social-wellth-raises-7-5-million/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8a86afc1c5-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-8a86afc1c5-67677117PriceWaterhouseCoopers issues a report detailing health services mergers and acquisition activity in 2014.
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Ahem, fun coming here. A company called Daqri, which apparently had a few of those to drink, and whose primary business is making an "augmented reality helmet", has acquired another company called Melon, which makes a "smart headband" that takes various biometric measures. That's using the ole Melon, or not. Better wear that helmet, wouldn't want to damage the melons coming up with these ideas.
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-daqri-melon-20150219-story.htmlCMS toots its own horn on the impact of its quality measuring program. Wonder if providers share the agency's rosy view.
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Another in our occasional attempts to step back and see the forest, however ineptly, of our health system.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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