A Deloitte survey finds that young adults often did not sign up for mandated health coverage, usually due to cost concerns.
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Private health insurance exchange vendor Array Health raised an additional $9 million to support growth.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/private-health-insurance-exchange-software-maker-array-health-raises-9m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117HealthPrize, which offers a gaming solution to help with medication adherence, has received $3 million in investment.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/healthprize-to-expand-medication-adherence-gaming-platform-to-payers-employers/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117Cambridge Temperature Concepts, which markets the DuoFertility device to help women become pregnant, has received about $4 million in financing.
http://wirelesslifesciences.org/2014/08/cambridge-temperature-concepts-ctc-secures-2-6m-private-equity-funding-to-commercialize-duofertility-and-expand-digital-health-platform/Clinverse has raised $9.5 million for its software to help make and track payments from clinical trial sponsors to investigative sites.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/clinverse-raises-9-1m-to-take-complexities-out-of-clinical-trial-payments/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=899c7dc55e-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-899c7dc55e-67648197Self-Help Network has helped itself to $5.6 million in new financing for its mobile tools to monitor people's wellness activities.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/self-health-network-raises-5-6m-keep-patients-hospital/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=41a8d05831-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-41a8d05831-67648197Post-acute care giant Genesis Healthcare is acquiring Skilled Healthcare, to create an even larger firm with about $5.5 billion in revenue.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140818/NEWS/308189954&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=am&AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVBdldXL1IzSkUvSHRlRU9oamtRZEErTlo=?mhContrary to expectations, small physician groups appear to perform as well or better than larger ones on avoidable hospital admission rates.
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Patients who reside in neighborhoods with low socioeconomic status have higher rates of hospital readmissions, even after adjusting for individual socioeconomic status and other factors, according to a study in the journal Circulation Outcomes, providing further evidence of how flawed CMS' readmission penalty program is.
http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/early/2014/07/29/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000911.full.pdfA report from the Commission on Medicaid Access and Payment finds that while Medicaid recipients have high rates of ER use, most of it is justified.
https://a7d050c2-a-10078ef1-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/macpac.gov/macpac/publications/MACFacts-EDuse_2014-07.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cpM-3ETcAl2YybMthLJVHTlGUFFKO7ohSuRVHX1ULNlZFwQRYLpauM1BiPh1NyFhDcUXeKrDzg_ASoFwz6eGqqcFdUgujjVjiSpfSpuzFzO51XgMhohcCr0xgJhQnp6JYlxeAp_G4R399zLSP2HshaPbQszwGnLTuZZzhwifE6z-bG_Ct-etKrKmo9TO6c_nArUfbUWJ0uv0kAG03Fk4NDo0H0wYULzxjR99ukUUQ4-ESaGBPA%3D&attredirects=1The latest Altarum Institute Health Sector Economic Indicators Report shows continued growth in health spending with subdued price increases.
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