Kaiser, Providence, Ascension leaders share cost-cutting strategies

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/kaiser-providence-ascension-leaders-share-cost-cutting-strategies/2015-03-27

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Flagship Ventures raises $537M in new fund; plans to launch 5 companies per year

Flagship Ventures raises $537M in new fund; plans to launch 5 companies per year

healthcare venture capital

High deductibles have pricey consequences

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/high-deductibles-have-pricey-consequences?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoju6%2FIZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESMRnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

 If people choose not to have important preventive care and end up needing an expensive hospital stay years later as a result, everybody is worse off.

The ACA reminded us how little we know about long-run Medicare spending

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/03/20-aca-medicare-long-run-spending-sheiner?hs_u=henrykotula@yahoo.com&utm_campaign=brookings-comm&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16723961&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–I1inTKFgYiH77mwwGuLAy8RR2Xp2ITluP0Sw9p68shfEJndoFmCXLLpDuDlP1O6diE5ym7TVg0KyxqNXp0NnX6Q_JzA&_hsmi=16723961

Are Hospitals Are Robbing Us Blind?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/03/america_s_hospitals_our_system_lets_big_hospitals_charge_exorbitant_prices.single.html

Hospital complex.