A study from Africa attempts to understand the relative contribution of consumers and physicians to inappropriate drug use.
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A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association quantifies telemedicine growth at one large health plan.
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Minnesota issues another report on spending trends, continuing to show wide variation in prices and costs for different providers.
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Today we look at an esoteric paper regarding a potential confounder of scientific research results.
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Research in Health Affairs describes results from a provider program to communicate and resolve medical errors, hopefully avoiding malpractice litigation.
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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association releases an analysis of drug price increases. Same old story.
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My usual hope that all of you have a relaxing and enjoyable holiday weekend, basking in the glow of good food and the companionship of family and friends; and that you each find and appreciate the things in your life that you are and can be thankful for, in an often turbulent world.
Here are some findings from a recent work on medical cost trends from Buck Consultants.
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Convey Health Solutions, Pareto Intelligence and HealthScape Advisors are merging creating a firm that will offer Medicare Advantage and other payers a wide-range of administrative and analytic services. New name is Advisors Intelligence Solutions or Intelligence Solutions Advisors or something like that.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181116005021/en/Convey-Health-Solutions-Combine-HealthScape-Advisors-ParetoThe National Bureau of Economic Research publishes a paper looking at methods of attributing health spending to specific medical conditions.
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