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Health Change Bulletin                                                             May 22, 2013
 
 

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  “Right now, M&A activity is quieter than one would expect. For healthcare executives and management teams, health reform is very real, but there is a lot of uncertainty. Later in the year, with more clarity, M&A will pick up.”, Ralph Davis, partner at Cressey & Company
   
Factoid
Capping the Tax Exclusion of Health Benefits Offered by Employers can Reduce Deficit

$264 billion in new revenues would be raised from 2014 – 2023 by imposing a 75 percentile cap on employer-sponsored health coverage.

Source: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
   
Research
Limiting the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, May 7, 2013
   
News 
  Billions Pour into Healthcare REITs
GlobeSt, May 22, 2013
 
  Innovation In Response To Healthcare Reform Offers Opportunities That Differ By State
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, May 22, 2013
   
  How Big Data Can Help Healthcare Providers Manage Risk
Becker's Hospital Review, May 22, 2013
   
M&A in healthcare technology firms to increase: Frost & Sullivan
Economic Times, May 22, 2013
   
  Loophole in health care law could stick doctors with tab
Sacramento Bee, May 21, 2013
   
  Mobile technology could save billions of dollars on health care costs
Venture Beat, May 20, 2013
   
  Healthcare shift spurs innovation
HealthcareIT News, May 16, 2013
Blogs
  How Ideas From Private Industry Help Combat Medicare Fraud, Waste, And Abuse
Health Affairs Blog, May 23, 2013
 
  Changing the Incentives in Health Care Delivery 
Hospitals & Health Networks Daily, May 16, 2013
Tweets
    UnitedHealth, Aetna, Cigna opting out of Calif.'s insurance exchange, which could mean limited choice for millions
LA Times Health, https://twitter.com/latimeshealth, May 23, 2013
   
HealthshareTV video
 
2013 Fiscal Summit:The Future of American Healthcare
 
 

"Improving Outcomes and Containing Costs: The Future of American Healthcare" panel discussion. With Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Advisor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Mark McClellan, MD, PHD, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform; Harvey Fineberg, MD, PHD, President, Institute of Medicine. Moderated by Julie Rovner, National Public Radio.

2013 Fiscal Summit: The Future of American Healthcare

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Healthsprocket List 
3 major places health tech innovators can make money
 
1.  Bringing costs down - The cloud has a big role to play here
2.  Digitization of data - This encompasses electronic health records
3.  Continue reading here



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