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.
According to an American Medical Association survey less than half of doctors are now in independent practice.
The effects of payment reform may depend on the competitiveness of a provider market, according to research in the Journal of Health Economics.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that teaching hospitals have lower mortality rates.
The Employee Benefits Research Institute releases results from its latest consumer engagement survey.
It is a good day to reflect on the country we live in and the human cost to create and maintain it.
Willis Towers Watson issues results from a global survey of medical benefit trends.
An analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds wide variation in death due to heart disease.
A study carried by the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that many newly approved drugs end up having safety issues.