A report sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines the recent growth in provider-sponsored health insurance plans.
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Merritt Hawkins issues results from its latest report on physician recruiting and compensation.
Here is a look at some highlights from the 2017 PWC Health & Well-being Touchstone Survey.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issues an update on its disease-centered approach to examining health spending.
A report from Sun Life Financial gives data on the causes of large health claims.
Proponents of the original federal reform law make misleading statements to try to defend it.
According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the hospital value-based purchasing program did not lead to better quality.
A PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute report projects medical cost trend for 2018.
A new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis confirms continued growth in Medicare Advantage, but worrisome trends in plan concentration.
Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine studies the effect of quality intervention programs on hospital readmissions.
A Rand Corporation report once again demonstrates how a relatively small proportion of patients, typically with multiple chronic diseases, are responsible for much of total health spending.
A Centers for Disease Control survey finds that high-deductible plans may create financial barriers to care for some enrollees. Duh.
A Robert Wood Johnson report contains misleading claims that the federal reform law helped reduce health spending.
Willis Towers Watson gives us insights from a survey of employers on their health benefit practices and intentions.
Research published in the journal Medical Care suggests that a hospital participating in quality improvement efforts doesn’t have lower care costs than hospitals that don’t.
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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.