New research published in Health Affairs finds that around 50% of Medicare Advantage enrollees were moving from the fee-for-service side of Medicare.
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eHealth Insurance provides an early look at characteristics of policies that individuals are purchasing on the exchanges.
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The National Venture Capital Association releases 2014 data on financings of venture companies.
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A study in Health Affairs analyzes health care spending for the elderly, who account for the largest population subset of those costs.
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While slightly dated now, a CDC release on health insurance coverage in early 2014 gives some perspective on the impact of the reform law.
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The Medicare initiative to reduce hospital-acquired conditions has shown progress on some but not on others.
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The National Association of Worksite Health Centers releases a survey regarding company clinics.
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Full year stats from the National Venture Capital Association show an invigorated market for financings and exits.
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A blog post by the Altarum Institute takes a really long look at the history of health spending in the United States.
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A report from Truven Health Analytics gives trends on health spending in employer-sponsored plans.
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One of the unintended consequences of all the requirements to use HIT has been the creation and growth of a whole new category of health care employee--the medical scribe.
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A Towers Watson brief looks at the results from an onsite health clinic at BP America's headquarters, finding it appeared to have the potential to reduce spending, but did not…
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Medicare spending, like overall health spending, has been lower for the last few years than was originally projected. A Kaiser Family Foundation brief attempts to understand factors behind the slowdown.
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Employer views on private health insurance exchanges were the subject of a recent survey by the Private Exchange Evaluation Cooperative.
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Yet another approach to understanding the sources of geographic health spending variation in a paper from the NBER.
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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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