An Altarum Institute Presentation focuses on whether limits on Medicare reimbursement are sustainable and impacts of that reimbursement on other payers.
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Time to check in on Massachusetts, the trend-setter for eventual federal health reform. Things aren't going so good on the spending side.
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Nuance Communications releases results of a survey regarding how various groups select health care providers and products.
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HHS releases guidance on the operation of the controversial 340B drug pricing program, designed to address uncertainties and concerns.
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A Harvard analysis blames a few doctors with aggressive care patterns for driving up medical expenses.
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An Arthur J. Gallagher survey looks at employer intentions in regard to health benefits for 2016.
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An Article in Nature explores why checklists to improve health care quality may not always work as intended.
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Mark Farrah Associates provides a first quarter summary of enrollment and profit trends for the largest health plans.
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In some quarters there is a belief that provider-owned or sponsored health plans will have lower premiums, but a survey indicates that is not the case.
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More myth-busting this week, with today's focus on an analysis from the Institute for Clinical & Economic Review finding that integrating behavioral health into primary care is costly, but probably…
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A analysis from Mark Farrah Associates provides details on the benefits the reform law reinsurance and risk adjustment programs are providing for health plans.
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By some measures the outcomes achieved in the Medicare program have improved in the last 15 years.
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases a paper explaining its work to develop a Health Care Satellite Account that defines health spending in terms of disease treatment.
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A Statistical Brief from AHRQ examines health insurance premiums and employee contributions in 2013 for private and public employees.
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Several pieces of recent research suggest that EHRs don't have a payback, aren't liked by many clinicians, and don't appear to impact health outcomes as projected.
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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.