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May 10 2013

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Large CRO company Quintiles went public again in a very well-received IPO which netted the company almost a billion dollars and provided the owners with a large windfall.

May 09 2013

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Only about half of medical societies that prepare care guidelines consider costs and those that do, don’t always use a rigorous method. This may not be a problem if you think the focus should be quality first.

May 08 2013

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HealthTap has raised an additional $24 million for its application that provides information from health care professionals for consumers. Very unclear how this company will make money.

May 08 2013

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CMS has put on its website a file showing hospital charges for many common procedures. The data reveals the enormous variation in pricing across hospitals, many in the same geographic region.

May 07 2013

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A number of Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for the low income subsidies for the Part D drug coverage do not apply for and take advantage of those subsidies, even though they are widely publicized.

May 07 2013

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An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Statistical Brief finds that about $43 billion was spent in 2010 on hypertension care for about 58 million Americans, around half of it for medications.

May 02 2013

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According to a recent survey of 400 small employers most who currently do will continue to offer health care coverage, even though it will significantly increase their costs, but they are figuring out how to minimize what they offer.

May 01 2013

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Depression is greatly over diagnosed and treated in the US, causing significant unnecessary spending, according to research in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

May 01 2013

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Jawbone, a bluetooth company, has acquired BodyMedia, a developer of devices to measure fitness, for about $110 million.

May 01 2013

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A Kaiser poll finds that a very large percentage of Americans don’t even know that the reform law is in effect and among the public, it has a fairly negative opinion attached to it. Wait til people see the real effects.