A Rock Health report gives statistics on first half 2017 funding of digital health companies.
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The basis for many people's believe in government-controlled health care is that it is an inherent or basic human right. That is a strange argument to me.
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The British Medical Journal publishes a survey of perceptions about the preventability of hospital readmissions.
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Mark Farrah Associates issues a timely report on the status of the individual health insurance market.
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A study in Health Affairs reveals trends in patterns of end-of-life care.
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Research carried in the Annals of Family Medicine examines changes in utilization and spending between 1996-97 and 2011-12.
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An article in the Wall Street Journal suggests that "smart medicine" will fix our cost and quality issues. I don't think so.
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Research in the American Journal of Managed Care finds that consumers don't use price transparency tools much.
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CMS' Office of the Actuary provides a state-level health spending trend analysis.
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Actuarial firm Milliman issues a report on the health care reinsurance market.
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Doctors are struggling to prepare for the new Medicare payment approach known as MACRA, according to a KPMG/AMA survey.
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Navigant and HFMA publish a survey regarding revenue cycle management, a very important topic for health care providers.
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Altarum releases its first quarter 2017 health spending trend report.
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A new AHRQ Statistical Brief describes where consumers get their usual medical care.
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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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