Yet another approach to understanding the sources of geographic health spending variation in a paper from the NBER.
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Towers Watson gives us a perspective on employer health benefit trends.
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The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute issues its annual report on prescription drug benefit design, with specialty drugs getting much of the attention.
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After yesterday's look in the rear view mirror at 2014, today we peer through the windshield at 2015 up ahead.
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2014 was dominated by health reform developments, but other trends were also important.
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McKinsey weighs in on what is happening with insurance premiums on the public exchanges in the second year of open enrollment.
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An article in the Harvard Business Review suggests that many hospital cost-cutting efforts may be misguided.
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Wishing all of you a warm, relaxed winter holiday. Hopefully you all are enjoying the presence of friends and family, the most important gift any of us can have.
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Just in time for Christmas Eve, a delightful paper on a new method to determine the effect of having health insurance on the demand for health care.
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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that hospital care is improving for most subgroups, according to common performance measures.
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Research suggests that wider use of telemedicine can produce significant savings, largely through lower unit costs for the same services.
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A new study examines whether requiring physicians to periodically re-certify will improve quality or lower costs.
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The Commonwealth Fund examines the impact on families from increases in the cost of employment-based health insurance.
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A blog post at Health Affairs summarizes research and concludes that workplace wellness programs provide no savings.
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More prognosticating in the form of PWC's report on important health trends for 2015.
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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.