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Sep 11 2013

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A study in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that significant amounts of futile care are delivered in ICUs at a substantial cost.

Sep 11 2013

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Another study shows that robotic surgery, this time for gynecologic conditions, is more costly than other methods and likely delivers no better, and in some respects, worse, quality.

Sep 11 2013

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NextDocs has raised an additional $13.5 million for its clinical trial software.

Sep 11 2013

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A report from McKesson finds that chemotherapy in a hospital outpatient setting is much more expensive than in community physician settings, providing more evidence that reimbursement needs to be equalized across settings.

Sep 10 2013

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Quality Systems, which offers the NextGen EHR line, has acquired Mirth Corp. (this is no laughing matter), which sells health information exchange technology, for about $60 million.

Sep 09 2013

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The Centers for Medicare Services explanation of the proposed 2013 Medicare physician reimbursement shows that costs for running a physician practice have been rising faster than reimbursement by about 1% a year since 1998.  

Sep 09 2013

prem

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Avalere released yet another analysis of exchange premiums, showing wide variation across and within states in rates for bronze or silver plans.

Sep 09 2013

qa

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The multiplicity of provider quality measures and measurement programs likely makes it harder to reach the goal of easy-to-understand, workable initiatives for quality improvement.

Sep 09 2013

ipa

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According to research in Health Affairs, small physician practices improve their quality when they are part of IPAs or other physician associations.

Sep 08 2013

ms

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MedSolutions, a medical care management company, is acquiring Triad, which manages musculoskeletal treatment.

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Kevin RocheThe 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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