The final post on the EMD Serono Specialty Digest covers oncology, an area which is seeing rapid growth in very expensive specialty compounds, and use of specialty pharmacy providers.
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In the second part of our review of the EMD Serono Specialty Digest, we focus on utilization management.
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The annual EMD Serono Specialty Digest is out and does the usual excellent job of describing trends in regard to the management and utilization of specialty pharmaceuticals.
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Even after all the emphasis on guidelines and pay-for-performance the quality of care for diabetes patients has shown only very moderate improvement in the last ten years.
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The growth in per capita health spending in the United States has slowed in recent years. A Kaiser Family Foundation brief analyzes why the slowdown has occurred and how long…
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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that some hospitals profit from complications, receiving more revenue, even though in at least some cases the complications…
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Health Reform hasn't turned out quite as advertised in Massachusetts, with continuing issues about access and cost. A recent study in Health Affairs indicates that many families are still facing…
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One of the supposed consumer protections in the reform law is the requirement that a minimum amount of premium be spent on medical costs. A paper from the American Action…
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In this post, we look at MedPAC's recommendations in regard to Medicare Advantage, Special Needs Plans and Part D.
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In today's post on the MedPAC Annual Report to Congress, we cover payment observations and recommendations on several provider types, including physicians, home health and nursing homes.
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This is the first of several posts on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commissions 2013 Annual Report to Congress, which covers a variety of provider types and other issues. In this…
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Several articles and commentaries in recent Journal of the American Medical Association issues focus on the role of genomics and personalized medicine in health care.
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A Robert Wood Johnson report describes the ongoing decline in employment-based health insurance, driven by ongoing large premium increases and exacerbated by general declines in the work population resulting from…
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A report from the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute discusses the importance of patient experience and satisfaction ratings and the difficulty consumers have in accessing information from various rating sources.
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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.