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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A Health Care Cost Institute report reveals a downturn in physician visits.
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A New York Times analysis and article confirms what we already know; when hospitals consolidate health plans and patients pay more.
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Medicare for All is an absurd idea as postulated by its proponents and perpetuates the ever-increasing government role in health care that has caused our current cost and access problems…
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An analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that physician ACOs, but not hospital-led ones, reduced spending for Medicare.
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After two posts on the annual KFF survey of employment health plans, we look at a recent report from AHRQ on the same topic.
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PatientPop bursts through with $25 million in new capital to support its business of helping providers attract new patients, including scheduling and related functions.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/11/patientpop-25m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=67416114&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yBKta18MGYKnvV_Nz5OMW9gBKLIGLxgz0UTSs7EQ878qZHU1MAjUvwxqKmDs1Jsu9C14UBwGtOOCmH6we-ferO27IMH4hc_Mpxj1JMMIxW8BbnH4&_hsmi=67416114More highlights from the Kaiser survey on 2018 health plan costs and trends for employers.
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The 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.