Oliver Wyman gives us a perspective on the future of health care which isn't too original and likely not very accurate either.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation in conjunction with The Peterson Foundation has created a new health system tracker which will issue regular reports on the state of American health.
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A survey of doctors from the Physicians Foundation finds high levels of stress and dissatisfaction with many aspects of the practice of medicine.
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A Mark Farrah Associates release details membership numbers for the largest national health insurers in the first half of 2014.
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National health care spending in the US grew to $2.9 trillion in 2013, a rate of 3.6% over 2012, and a continuation of growth deceleration.
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Group purchasing organizations were examined by the Government Accounting Office to determine if hospitals report fee rebates appropriately.
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Research on an intervention to help hospitalized patients stop smoking finds it improves quit rates.
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A PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute brief theorizes on how health care delivery will be transformed by technology.
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The Government Accounting Office reports on the adequacy of health care cost and qualityual transparency tools.
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Controlling the glycolated hemoglobin level of patients with diabetes can help create a lower risk of death.
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Hope all of you have a relaxing and satisfying holiday. Whatever problems we have in the United States, we are undoubtedly blessed with comparatively high levels of individual freedom and…
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Research published in the American Journal of Managed Care again demonstrates that private insurers pay a lot more for hospital inpatient services than do Medicare or Medicaid.
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Mercer gives an early view of the results of a survey of employers regarding health benefit costs in 2014 and expectations for 2015.
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A brief from the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation suggests that the growth of bundled payment and similar reimbursement methods may threaten innovation, i.e., product company profits.
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Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that Medicare beneficiaries who had poor prognosis for cancer and were treated in hospice had lower overall 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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