An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that self-care by patients with high blood pressure can have good outcomes.
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Recently we looked at the newest AHRQ Statistical Briefs on Concentration of Health Spending. Today we look at another Statistical Brief showing which diagnoses are related to those high-spending individuals.
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The 340B drug pricing program is under assault for misuse. Two recent Health Affairs studies examined dispensing patterns in 340B pharmacy programs and who is benefiting.
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Benefits firm Segal Group has released its projections of 2015 health plan cost trend, anticipating variable but significant health spending growth.
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A study in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at how Medicare beneficiaries assigned to ACOs view their care.
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Blue Cross' global payment system in Massachusetts appears to be saving a small amount of money and improving quality a few years after implementation.
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A companion report to the annual Health Care Cost Insitute analysis of commercial health spending examines out-of-pocket spending for 2013, finding more woe for most consumers.
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Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that consumers who look at comparative price information have lower health spending.
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The Health Care Cost Institute releases a report of cost trends for 2013 in employer-sponsored health insurance.
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A HealthPocket study finds that exchange premiums were substantially higher for many enrollees in 2014 than they would have been in the individual market before reform.
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Happy Halloween!! A scary item for physicians is apparently Medicare's quality reporting programs, according to an MGMA survey.
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According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that converting a hospital to for-profit status did not affect quality measures and financial margins improved.
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The current issue of Health Affairs carries several articles on specialty drugs, which have become the priority area for cost-control efforts for most health plans.
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Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that less physician competition results in higher prices, exactly as traditional economics would predict.
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A Medscape-sponsored survey of physicians explores their attitudes toward various payers and other matters.
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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.