According to Markets & Markets, the health care business intelligence market had about $2.4 billion in revenue in 2013 and will grow at a compounded rate of 15% annually for the next several years.
http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-business-intelligence-market-252368925.htmlSun Life and Aegis Medical issue surveys providing a picture of the current reinsurance environment, which is gaining in importance as more employers self-fund.
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Proteus Digital Health has raised an additional $120 million in capital to support its ingestible medication compliance device and other digital health initiatives.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/06/proteus-digital-health-raises-120m-advance-digital-medicine-adds-hewlett-packad-cfo/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=2ed74ce09e-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-2ed74ce09e-67648197Ventas, a large health care REIT, is proposing to buy American Healthcare Realty Trust for $2.6 billion.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140602/INFO/306029975?AllowView=VDl3UXk1Ty9DdmFCbXgzS0M0M3hlMFdwalVVZERlTT0=&utm_source=link-20140602-INFO-306029975&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mh-alertAmsurg, a large operator of ambulatory surgery centers, is apparently interested in buying Sheridan Healthcare, which offers physician staffing and outsourcing services, particularly in anesthesia, for $2.3 billion.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140529/NEWS/305299931&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=am?AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVEL2FYL1IzSkUvSHRlRU9zalVVZEErVmM=&mhResearch from the Urban Institute looking at survey data of people who are newly insured through March of this year finds that 90% are either below the federal poverty level or subsidy-eligible; most are enrolled in Medicaid; they are younger but more likely to report only fair or poor health and to have no regular source of health care. All of these factors suggest health spending will be higher than projected.
http://hrms.urban.org/briefs/Who-Are-the-Newly-Insured.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=12931667&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9a73H5ZXyvhWI_zGJfEGDIl1wwaYIIzCECsp_ScAub37NhyGCiiU_EBXoreY7rMfhgaIeyYlP33sJwMew-Iog9LEyG3Q&_hsmi=12931667The Kaiser Family Foundation sponsored focus groups to learn what factors were important to Medicare beneficiaries in choosing insurance plans, including Medicare Supplements, Medicare Advantage and Part D.
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The 2014 Milliman Medical Index release reveals continued above GDP and personal income growth in the costs of health care for the average family.
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