More shocking news on provider behavior--they respond to penalties for health care-acquired infections by changing the coding of certain events.
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According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, the number of clinical messages generated by electronic medical records is beginning to overwhelm physicians. Reading and responding takes substantial time and is leading to information overload.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/physicians-clinical-messaging/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f1086a8cce-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f1086a8cce-408793005&rf=1A study in Population Health Management finds that a telephone-based chronic disease management program had significant net savings.
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Not many physician groups achieved extra payments in the first year of CMS' value-based purchasing program.
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A Health Affairs blog gives further evidence of the deleterious effect of provider consolidation on health care prices and spending.
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Research published in Health Affairs finds that retail clinics, while having lower unit costs for the services they offer, do not lower total health spending.
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New research appears to confirm that directing certain medical procedures, such as knee replacements, only to high-volume providers, could save significant health spending while maintaining or improving quality.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/hfss-gkr030316.php?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTkA Health Affairs article reports that quality measure collection and reporting activities impose substantial costs on physician practices.
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An AARP-sponsored study on drugs commonly used by older Americans finds an ongoing price increase trend.
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Research carried by the American Journal of Managed Care focuses on different prices paid for the same service at various sites of care.
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Inventiv, which provides services to help drug manufacturers with marketing, is considering an IPO which might raise $500 million.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-inventiv-health-ipo-idUSKCN0W52EU?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuanJce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ETsplMa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTkA Commonwealth Fund brief sets out a framework to evaluate mobile health apps.
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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.
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