Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to look into the issue of geographic variation in spending and what that variation might say about the value of health care. The IOM…
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There is a heated debate about whether electronic medical records will save the health system money or improve quality and what their economic impact on health care providers will be.…
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Continuing the great interest in explaining the geographic variation in health care spending, the National Center for Policy Analysis issues a report finding that there is variation but it may…
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The International Federation of Health Plans releases its latest comparison of prices for various services around the world, revealing as expected, that the US has the highest prices by far.
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There has a been a flurry of similar reports recently, but none should have more credibility than the one from the Society of Actuaries stating that yes, claim costs and…
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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.