New research finds that interventions to increase high-value preventive care may also lead to more low-value care.
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Research carried in Health Affairs uncovers the effects of paying patients to choose less expensive treatment options.
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An "expose" in Fortune tells use what we already knew--electronic medical records haven't lived up to the hype and create lots of problems.
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A survey in Health Affairs looks at health behaviors of high-deductible plan consumers.
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The Employee Benefits Research Institute has a brief on the future of employer-sponsored health coverage, given various proposals to create Medicare-for-all or otherwise modify the health payment system.
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A Health Affairs article analyzes a dip in medical spending growth for the Medicare population from 1999 to 2012.
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Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine looks at reasons for Medicare Advantage disenrollment.
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Express Scripts provides us with the first of the big PBM drug spending trend reports.
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Two studies in JAMA show modest or no improvement from intensive interventions around diet and weight management for overweight, depressed patients.
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Yawn, another study in Health Affairs showing that hospital prices are an issue for containing health spending.
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Use of a transitional care service did not improve outcomes for patients with heart failure, according to a study in JAMA.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality releases a brief on average costs at different types of usual sources of care.
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A report from Massachusetts examines the relationship between the price a payer reimburses at and a patient's out-of-pocket cost.
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The Kaiser Foundation releases a report on claims denials by health insurance exchange plans.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases another in its series of Statistical Briefs on concentration in health spending.
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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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