Under contract with the US Department of Labor, the Rand organization conducted research on the effects of wellness programs. While employee participation is often not high, the programs appear to…
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A report from the Commonwealth Fund studying comparative health spending and quality across 13 industrialized countries finds that the United States is by far the highest spender as a percent…
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Yet another piece of research, this one published in Health Affairs, suggests that hospital readmission rates are a far from perfect, or even good, measure of hospital quality.
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While the state health insurance exchanges required by the health reform law have attracted much attention, the private sector has been busy creating its own exchanges and an Accenture report…
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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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