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Apr 09 2014

Uh-oh.  A first look by Express Scripts at the new enrollees under the exchanges finds that they tend to be older and less healthy.

http://lab.express-scripts.com/insights/government-programs/first-look-health-exchange-medication-utilization
Apr 09 2014

Premier, the large hospital group purchasing organization, has acquired Memdata, which aids hospitals in construction and capital equipment purchasing.

http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/04/4451772/premier-inc-acquires-memdata
Apr 09 2014

The Wall Street Journal has the first of what undoubtedly will be many analyses of what Medicare pays to physicians, finding that a few specialists receive astounding amounts of Medicare payments.  About 1% of doctors receive 14% of all payments and a number receive multi-millions a year from the program.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303456104579490043350808268
Apr 09 2014

Black Book Rankings finds that Practice Fusion is the EHR primary care doctors are most satisfied with, followed by Greenway and Care360.

http://ehrintelligence.com/2014/04/07/black-book-top-primary-care-ehr-honor-goes-to-practice-fusion/
Apr 09 2014

The HHS Office of Inspector General issued a report finding that CMS did not do a good job of detecting inappropriate coding on visits to hospital outpatient clinics.

http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region4/41206154.pdf
Apr 08 2014

According to an article in the Fiscal Times based on a Morgan Stanley survey of brokers, small group and individual health insurance policies sold outside the insurance exchanges are seeing the largest premium increases in the history of the survey.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/04/08/Health-Insurance-145-Million-Get-Massive-Increases?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=12439520&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_zHcf0gyDaRDDTD409Tjt7zA3we4Vy0uQjDOZ4qRGbVHxMKdDS_hDBcaZsx3z18N6AbKJhfg7Ofz66G15zDj33Awy2Jw&_hsmi=12439520
Apr 08 2014

Bjond has raised $3.25 million to fund development of a new care management platform.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/04/3-25m-superharge-legacy-care-management-systems/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6ec44d9de3-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6ec44d9de3-67677117
Apr 08 2014

Sheridan Healthcare, a physician staffing company in areas like radiology and anesthesiology, apparently intends to file for an initial public offering.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/sheridan-healthcare-hires-banks-for-ipo-reuters/
Apr 08 2014

Wellframe, which intends to help people be "engaged in personalized care plans" has raised a $1.5 million seed round.  Gag me if I hear about one more mobile health app to help consumers.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/digital-health-company-wellframe-scores-1-5-mln-seed-funds/