A blog post at Health Affairs from CMS discusses the latest results from the Medicare ACOs.
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Research in the Journal of Health Economics examines the effect of nurse practitioner prescribing authority on population mental health.
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A study published in the Health Services Research journal finds that less competition among Medicare Advantage plans may be associated with higher quality.
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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines reimbursement and access in Medicaid.
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A study in Health Services Research explores the utility of patient-reported satisfaction measures.
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The 2019 Kaiser report on employer provided health benefits is out, full of its usual good information.
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Research carried by the Journal of the American Medical Association Geriatrics discusses end-of-life care.
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An article in Lancet describes diseases, hospital use and mortality across several countries.
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Another piece of misleading garbage in support of single-payer proposals is released by a think tank.
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The Health Care Cost Institute issues an analysis of hospital market concentration, prices and utilization.
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A report from Magellan gives data on Medicaid drug use trends and issues.
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A summary of reports presented to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission reveals some interesting information about hospital coding practices.
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A new paper from the National Bureau of Health Economics analyses the effect of primary care physician practice styles on patient outcomes.
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A report finds that hospitals make a lot of money marking up drugs and keep all those profits for themselves.
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Physicians are spending less time with drug company sales reps, according to a new 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.