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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Using international reference pricing for drugs would save the United States a lot of money.
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An American Medical Association report demonstrates the ongoing trend of physicians not having an ownership interest in their practices and becoming employees.
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An analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that members in high deductible health plans spend less on chronic conditions.
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A Rand Corporation report details payment differences for hospital services among private and public payers.
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A flawed Kaiser Foundation analysis suggests that Medicare Advantage enrollees have lower spending and CMS is paying plans more than it should for their care.
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A study in Health Affairs finds that including functional, cognitive and social factors improved cost prediction and risk-adjustment for payments for dual-eligible enrollees.
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The most recent report from Mark Farrah Associates gives enrollment in various kinds of commercial health coverage as of year-end 2018.
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The Congressional Budget Office states the obvious; any version of single payer or Medicare for all will be extremely painful.
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The 2019 Medicare Trustees' report to Congress is just full of good news, if you are a deep in the bone pessimist who likes confirmation that the worst is just…
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A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research explores consumer decision-making around health plan choice.
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An AHRQ comparative effectiveness review generally finds that telehealth consultations produces as good or better outcomes as non-telehealth ones.
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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.