A Kaiser Family Foundation brief explores trends in first-year Medicare beneficiaries enrolling in Medicare Advantage.
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A report from the Medical Group Management Association suggests that physician compensation is continuing to increase at a pace at least consistent with general economic growth.
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A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds basically no effect on cardiovascular outcomes from intensive glucose control for type 2 diabetes patients.
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A research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association discusses the incidence of traumatic injury among Medicare beneficiaries.
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A brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes prescription drug spending by payer type.
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Research published in the Journal of Health Economics finds that using predictive analytics to identify high-risk members for intervention had limited success.
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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the potential for use of machine learning in health care.
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The annual Department of Labor report on self-funding gives some interesting facts on this growing form of health care coverage.
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A brief from the Employee Benefits Research Institute explores the effect of health savings account balances on utilization.
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A study from UnitedHealth Care reveals further details on the extent of variation in prices for health services.
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The May Altarum Institute health spending reports indicate a potential uptick in spending and prices.
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A report from Avalere finds that dual eligibles have lower utilization and spending in Medicare Advantage.
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A large health plan's program in incentivize doctors to use lower-cost oncology drugs shows little results.
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IQVIA gives us its annual forecasting on prescription drug use for the next few years.
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A brief from the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker group examines deductible trends.
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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.