Propeller 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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ESO Solutions, a provider of software to the emergency EHR segment, has acquired JefBar Billing, which provides revenue cycle management software and services to the same segment.
http://www.ems1.com/ems-products/ePCR-Electronic-Patient-Care-Reporting/press-releases/1975950-ESO-Solutions-Acquires-JefBar-Billing-and-Dispatch-Software/The CMS Office of the Actuary gives its early estimate of 2013 spending, along with projections for the next decade, with an expectation for higher growth in the years ahead.
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