Large employers surveyed by the National Business Group on Health expect a modest increase in health benefit costs in 2015 but continued cost-shifting to employees.
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Another of my favorite annual reports is out, this one from AHRQ on the concentration of health spending in the US population.
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According to a Government Accounting Office Report, so far not much to show from CMS' hospital value-based purchasing program.
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A survey from EHR vendor Kareo explores physician attitudes toward various practice formats.
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The National Governor's Association may seem like an odd place to get health information but it issues an interesting report on state efforts to manage complex patients.
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One of my favorite annual reports is out, from the International Federation of Health Plans, comparing prices for medical services and goods in various countries.
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In part III of our look at the Kaiser Health Benefits Survey we cover drug benefits, wellness and miscellaneous matters.
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In the second part of our review of the Kaiser health benefits report, we focus on plans offered and employee uptake.
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The Kaiser Foundation has released its outstanding annual survey of employers in regard to health benefits.
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The latest Institute of Medicine report regarding health care quality explores diagnosis issues.
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Research carried in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds a modest benefit from a text message-based intervention to help manage risk factors related to heart disease.
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A presentation at an Altarum Institute Conference gives a good summary of new approaches to reimbursement.
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Two studies in Health Affairs find that chronic disease prevalence is probably higher than assumed and that the reform law's insurance expansion may lead to more diagnosis of these diseases.
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IMS' Institute for Healthcare Informatics issues a report on the use and value of mobile health apps.
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Research published in Health Affairs digs a little further into the dynamics of patients who tend to be responsible for a high percentage of all health spending.
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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.
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