A brief from the American Academy of Actuaries discuss major factors influencing the exchange insurance premium rates for 2015.
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An article in Health Affairs finds that when hospitals buy physician practices, prices go higher.
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Workers' Compensation increasingly pays as much for health care services as it does for loss of income. One technique to control those costs is fee schedules, but a new report…
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The latest ChangeHealthcare Healthcare Transparency Index for fourth quarter 2013 reveals continued large variation in provider pricing.
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A report from ReviveHealth gives the results of its 8th annual survey of hospital systems regarding their perceptions of payers, which as expected, aren't great.
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An excellent paper from the Engelberg Center at the Brookings Institute explores determinants of health spending growth, finding a clear link to GDP trends.
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The case of the non-existent link between certain fats in the diet and heart disease reminds us again how poorly designed and executed much research is, and how dangerous dissemination…
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsors the ABIM Foundation which runs the Choosing Wisely initiative to reduce unnecessary care and which has released a survey of physicians regarding the subject.
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The Federation of State Medical Boards has issued issued a model policy for suggested regulation of telemedicine. It isn't clear that even if adopted, the proposed model would remove impediments…
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A Statistical Brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality examines hospital readmissions for the year 2011.
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An InstaMed report gives interesting information on health care service payment trends, from both the provider and payer perspective.
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The Corporate Executive Board and HighRoads put out results of a survey of employers regarding certain features of their plans.
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Today we report on what MedPAC had to say about post-acute care in its annual report to Congress.
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Today's continuation of the discussion on the MedPAC annual report to Congress focuses on Medicare Advantage and Part D.
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In the first quarter of 2014, health care spending jumped by an alarming 9.9%, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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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.