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Mar 18 2013

exc

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A short report from the Kaiser Family Foundation gives the status of health insurance exchange efforts in various states.

Mar 18 2013

cost

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A report from the Altarum Institute finds that health care prices are rising at about 4% in the early part of 2013, with home health care and hospital pricing leading the way.

Mar 18 2013

prices

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A report from the Healthcare Incentives Improvement Institute finds that few states have laws which ensure that consumers have adequate information about what medical services really cost.

Mar 18 2013

app

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HHS has released the draft of the application for health insurance purchased through exchanges. It weighs in at a slim 21 pages which should only take a week or so for the average consumer to fill out. Another reform nightmare.

Mar 18 2013

exch

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According to a JD Powers survey, many consumers are willing to shop for health insurance via an exchange.

Mar 18 2013

An Alternative Method for Engaging Patients

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An article in Health Affairs discusses an alternative to patient engagement on health care decisions--using the findings of behavioral economics and pyschology to encourage patients to adopt a desired path…

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Mar 15 2013

NBGH Survey

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The latest Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health survey of employers reveals information regarding strategies relating to the implementation of the health reform law. Much of what companies say they…

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Mar 14 2013

ehr

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A survey by the American College of Physicians indicates that there is rapidly growing and deep dissatisfaction with EHRs among physicians, with most feeling it doesn’t improve care and reduces productivity. Yippee, another health reform law triumph!

Mar 14 2013

GAO on Medicare Advantage Payments

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Adding to the controversy about Medicare Advantage payments, a Government Accounting Office report suggests that diagnoses coding excesses may be inflating payments.

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Mar 13 2013

hosp

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A study presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology suggests that in low volume hospitals, patients receive less guideline adherent care for ovarian cancer than do patients in high-voume centers.

Mar 13 2013

gv

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A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that greater spending on the care of advanced cancer patients does not appear to improve survival.

Mar 13 2013

Patient Engagement and Decision-Making

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Several studies in Health Affairs focus on consumer decision-making in health care and how to "improve" that decision-making, which often seems to mean how to get the patient to agree…

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Mar 12 2013

Express Scripts Drug Trend Report

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The 2012 Express Scripts Drug Trend Report indicates that spending for traditional medications has actually fallen, while costs for specialty drugs continue to soar. More of the same is likely…

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Mar 11 2013

ref

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A survey suggests that few health plans meet all the benefit requirements for the reform act’s mandated packages, which just adds another layer of higher cost caused by the law.

Mar 11 2013

cost

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A study in Health Affairs indicates that most patients do not like providers to be focused on costs in making treatment decisions, posing a hurdle to the theory that informed patients will choose less costly care.

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