A brief from the Manhattan Institute gives a little more accurate information about the private health insurance industry than the usual garbage coming from certain presidential candidates.
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Another paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines monopsony power in health care.
Dementia is a substantial and growing source of cost to the Medicare program.
Prices for generic drugs have actually fallen fairly rapidly in recent years, according to a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
This year’s version of the Milliman Medical Index is out, giving medical cost trend information for employment-based health insurance.
A report from the Patient Centered Primary Care Colloborative discusses primary care spending by state.
AHRQ issues a new Statistical Brief updating information relating to employment-based health care coverage.
A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines persistently high-cost patients.
Research in NEJM analyzes eight years’ experience with the Massachusetts BCBS alternative quality contract.
A Journal of Health Economics study looks at health care expenditures in old age and near death.
A paper from the Pacific Research Group finds that there are large potential savings from more, and more use of, biosimilars.
A study carried by the Journal of Health Economics explores how consumers react to reference pricing.
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association looks at the effects of switching to a capitated reimbursement method for primary care physicians.
A study in Health Affairs tracks the impact of readmission penalties on surgery hospitalizations.
New research suggests that many serious malpractice claims derive from diagnostic errors.
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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.
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