A Health Affairs study finds that greater hospital concentration is associated with higher insurance premiums on the ACA marketplaces.
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A study in Health Services Research estimates the cost of inpatient hospital errors in care.
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April 15 seems an appropriate time to review Bernie Sanders' Medicare-for-all bill, with its devastating economic and tax effects for all of us.
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Researchers find that supposed health care disparities vary by health status, according to a study in Health Services Research
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A new study in Health Services Research explores reasons for geographic variation in breast cancer treatment spending.
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A study in Health Affairs finds that while by one measure patients in Medicare Advantage may start out healthier than in FFS Medicare, their health status soon converges.
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A study in Health Services Research finds that number of diseases, but not length of time you have them, is strongly correlated with health spending.
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Research in the Journal of Health Economics finds that higher volume of a service at a facility does improve outcomes.
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Its been a while since we checked in with our friends at the Altarum Institute to see what's up with health spending and health prices. Up being the operative word.
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A report from Fair Health analyzes changes in place of service and health care prices over the last few years.
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An analysis from the Health Care Cost Initiative demonstrates the cost-raising effect of moving services to hospital outpatient departments.
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A recent NEJM study looks at what happens to doctors after they have malpractice claims.
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Change Healthcare releases results of its ninth annual survey of the health care industry.
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A Mark Farrah Associates analysis of Medicare Advantage membership after the annual open enrollment period suggests that the rich basically got richer.
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A CBO report looks at specialty drug spending and price trends in Medicare and Medicaid.
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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.