The National Academy of Social Insurance releases its 17th annual report on workers' compensation, covering data through 2012, and confirming the ongoing growth in medical costs for this coverage.
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A company promising to make health care billing easier for consumers to deal with, iVinci Health, has raised $5 million.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/09/startup-ivinci-raises-5m-make-healthcare-billing-consumer-friendly/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7cb9a19660-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-7cb9a19660-67648197The PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute releases a report on the rise of retail health coverage, primarily through the public and private insurance exchanges.
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Keas is getting an additional $7.4 million in capital for its wellness business which uses a social networking platform and challenges to help people improve their health.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/09/keas-raises-7-7-million/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f7c1460eae-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f7c1460eae-67648197Propeller Health, maker of devices to track respiratory medication adherence, has raised $14.5 million, apparently from investors who aren't propeller heads.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/09/monitoring-company-track-asthma-copd-medication-use-attracts-14-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9c3f063a45-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-9c3f063a45-67648197A Government Accounting Office Report summarizes the research on which preventive services appear to be either cost-effective or cost-saving.
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Randomized clinical trials theoretically are the most trustworthy form of research, but an article in JAMA finds that reanalyses of data from such trials often comes to a different conclusion…
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A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines a narrow network design for the Massachusetts state employees plan.
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A Business Roundtable report discusses innovation in the market for private health care benefits.
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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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