A Health Affairs study provides interesting insight on how the public looks at evidence-based medicine.
An article in the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s Notes describes results from a survey of employees’ views on health coverage.
The Health Care Cost Institute releases a set of reports using its impressive trove of commercial and Medicare claims data.
Humana claims its wellness programs lowered costs and improved productivity over a three-year period.
According to new research from the NBER, it is not just same market hospital mergers that can raise costs, but cross-market ones as well.
An analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzes factors underlying consumers’ choices of plans on the insurance exchanges.
Primary care doctors often prescribe drugs in questionable circumstances and a NEJM article discusses how to reduce this practice.
Health Affairs carries an analysis of comparative satisfaction with health systems across developed countries.
The CBO’s latest report on federal government health insurance-related costs projects a substantial rise in Medicaid spending.
A brief from PWC finds that hospital mergers aren’t producing the claimed benefits and asks why.
A Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines trends in employer-offered health insurance and uptake.
Research in the Journal for Healthcare Quality finds that certain factors such clinical conditions responsible for admission are most clearly linked to readmission risk.
A brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality presents useful information on how to design good physician feedback reports.
MedPAC’s annual report to Congress recommends that many provider types not receive payment increases and contains other useful data on the Medicare program.