PriceWaterhouseCooper's Health Research institute release a projection on medical trend projections for employer-based health plans for 2015, showing a continued significant cost rise, which likely will translate to higher premiums…
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A survey of physicians finds deep concern about their economic circumstances and increase burdens on the practice of medicine.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases a Statistical Brief on attitudes toward health insurance that goes a long way toward explaining the failure of many Americans to sign…
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HHS has released an analysis of plans selected by enrollees through the federal health insurance exchange, including premiums and subsidies.
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AdvaMed, a trade association for the medical device industry, put out a paper claiming that medical devices have played no role in the increase in health care spending.
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An Avalere analysis of premium filings to date for 2015 insurance exchange rates finds an average 8% increase.
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A number of positive news stories have been published recently regarding the increased participation by employers in the public health insurance exchanges for 2015. As usual, caution is warranted.
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Willis, the large insurance broker, has released a survey of employers relating to health reform.
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Two articles in Health Affairs analyze components of the spending trend in health care.
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For the last fifty years the most fundamental tension in health care has been between the providers of health care and third-party payers. None of the reforms so popular today…
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The 12th Annual MetLife U.S. Employee Benefits Trends Study highlights employees' attitudes toward their benefits and employers' challenges in delivering benefits that satisfy workers but keep costs controlled.
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Two articles in Health Affairs examine the likelihood that by not incorporating socioeconomic factors, the Medicare readmission penalties are hurting hospitals that serve large numbers of low-income patients.
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We know medical spending tends to grow rapidly in the United States--what is happening in the rest of the world? A Towers Watson survey attempts to answer that question.
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The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics issued a report on cancer care facts and trends.
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A study published in Health Affairs examines the effects of the recession on hospital finances, finding that the weak stayed weak but largely survived.
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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.