ZappRx has raised $5.6 million to help support documentation related to patients receiving specialty pharmaceuticals.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/zapprx-raises-5-6m-series-pharma-companies-take-responsibility-specialty-drug-needs/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3f31a976c8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3f31a976c8-67677117A National Business Group on Health survey finds that employers are spending more on wellness but employees may not be taking full advantage of the offerings.
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e-MDs, the EHR vendor, has been acquired by PE firm Marlin Equity and merged with MDEverywhere. So if you add e-MDs and MDEverywhere, do you have two MDs everywhere? Or maybe its subtraction or division, so you have e-everywhere? Or multiplying--MD squared?
http://hitconsultant.net/2015/03/31/e-mds-acquired-by-marlin-equity-merges-with-mdeverywhere/Perceptimed has raised $13 million to aid in its growth of a pill verification business. Investors must be more insightful than I am.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/perceptimed-raising-13m-commercialize-medication-validation-tools-avoid-patient-error/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f346deee18-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f346deee18-67648197A Statistical Brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examines trends in the insured population over 2012-2014, during the time when reform mandates and the exchanges were being…
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A Government Accounting Office Report finds that the reform law's premium tax credit (subsidy) has contributed to an expansion of the number of people with insurance but that many Americans still don't have access to a plan that is affordable (looking only at premium cost, not even considering the cost-sharing features). And we are now learning that many people who thought they were going to get a subsidy aren't.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669165.pdfThe most recent Mark Farrah Associates report shows continued strong growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment.
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The 2014 Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare Index Report gives data on administrative electronic transaction use and savings in health care.
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