The American Health Policy Institutes issues a report suggesting that maybe there will be a limit to how long we can endure continually rising health spending.
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Workers' comp managed care service provide Genex has acquired Integrated Care Management, which offers disability case management.
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20150701/NEWS08/150709984?tags=%7C338%7C70%7C285%7C304%7C92#utm_medium=email&utm_source=bi-dailyalert&utm_campaign=bi-dailyalert-20150701HomeHero, which helps seniors find home health care, has raised an additional $20 million in capital.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/senior-care-startup-homehero-raises-20m-series-a-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ca9f85af2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ca9f85af2-67677117In a complex transaction, EHR vendor AllScripts is getting a $100 million investment from biotech entrepreneur Soon-Shiung and in return is making a $200 million in Nant Health, a company he founded to advance precision medicine.
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/biotech-billionaire-soon-shiong-plots-second-ipo-nanthealth/2015-06-30A Kaiser Family Foundation report reviews 2016 premium filings on the health insurance exchanges, finding moderate growth in rates, which likely is deceptive.
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Research published in the Journal of Health Economics finds that greater concentration in a hospital or insurer market leads to higher premiums.
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Under the heading of "could there be some hypocrisy here", AHIP, the health plan trade group has released a brief on the evil effects of hospital consolidation, which is a problem, while at the same time saying nothing bad could come from rumored health plan consolidations.
http://www.ahipcoverage.com/2015/06/26/new-data-brief-on-hospital-consolidation-and-premiums/A National Bureau of Economic Research paper suggests that Medicaid has a value to its beneficiaries that is less than what it costs government to support the program.
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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.