Every year I use the holidays to express some sentiment about enjoying family, friends and taking a break from the often-hectic and harrying pace of our lives, and I mean those sentiments very sincerely. While we may not like to think about it, we each have only a limited time in our lives. That should impel a certain seriousness in understanding what makes a real difference in our happiness and satisfaction. The comfort of meaningful relationships with others should be at the top of that list. So I hope all of you find dedicated and ample time for those relationships. And enjoy the relative economic security and abundance we enjoy in this country; it doesn’t happen by accident and it isn’t present everywhere around the world.
Hospital quality of care was more likely to remain the same or decline than improve following involvement in a merger or acquisition.
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Happy 2020. We start the year with a look at health spending in my home state of Minnesota.
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I don't do predictions anymore, but here are some issues that I think you can watch for in the coming year or years.
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What the heck happened in health care during the last decade? You get it all here in three minutes or less.
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A Harvard Business Review article discusses how three primary care groups approach high-cost patients.
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Here is a fascinating article on the topic of statistical uncertainty.
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Research carried by JAMA finds that certain hospitals end up getting paid more by Medicare for treating the same patients with the same condition than do other hospitals.
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A study in JAMA looks at the impact on health outcomes from giving people a housing voucher.
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A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General verifies that many Medicare Advantage plans appear to be using chart reviews just to boost risk scores.
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Advance planning directives have a modest effect on end-of-life care, according to a new study of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation Analysis finds that few Medicare Advantage members switch plans each year.
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A Deloitte report looks at global consumer attitudes to health care and developments in health care.
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A study in JAMA Network Open finds that being covered by a high-deductible plan isn't associated with abandoning treatment for diabetes.
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How specialists are paid doesn't appear strongly related to how they treat patients or outcomes.
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