The latest data from the National Venture Capital Association indicates a slowing but not dead funding environment.
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A policy brief from the National Center for Policy Analysis argues that high US health spending is reflective of a strong economy and is an asset, not a burden to…
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Work released by the Healthcare Association of New York State illustrates the burden quality measure reporting places on providers and recommending changes.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation brief demonstrates how much health care cost-sharing has increased for workers.
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A survey of around 1000 physicians supports previous findings that they are generally unhappy with the reform law and with life in medicine.
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A McKinsey Report describes the current status of the new wave of provider-owned health plans.
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A paper from the National Bureau of Economics reveals, not surprisingly, that physicians respond to economic incentives in choosing treatments.
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Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that hospital star ratings and some patient outcomes appear correlated.
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Widespread use of electronic medical records has been heavily promoted and incented as a revolution in health care quality, but the reality is of course much different, according to a…
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A Health Affairs study provides interesting insight on how the public looks at evidence-based medicine.
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An article in the Employee Benefit Research Institute's Notes describes results from a survey of employees' views on health coverage.
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The Health Care Cost Institute releases a set of reports using its impressive trove of commercial and Medicare claims data.
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Humana claims its wellness programs lowered costs and improved productivity over a three-year period.
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According to new research from the NBER, it is not just same market hospital mergers that can raise costs, but cross-market ones as well.
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An analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzes factors underlying consumers' choices of plans on the insurance exchanges.
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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.