The latest Altarum Institute data on health spending and price growth show some acceleration in the months of April and May.
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America’s Health Insurance Plans released its annual census of health savings account/high deductible plans.
Medical homes have been implemented for long enough that research is beginning to examine the extent to which they actually improve quality or lower costs. Research published in Health Affairs examines the Veterans Health Administration’s experience with medical homes.
A Statistical Brief from AHRQ examines out-of-pocket health spending by various categories of Americans.
An Altarum Institute survey finds that consumers are interested in being engaged in health care but aren’t always certain of their ability to do so.
The latest data from the National Venture Capital Association shows a healthy funding and exit market.
Epocrates, a division of AthenaHealth, released it 2014 Mobile Trends Report, showing some slowing of adoption of the mobile health technologies that are going to so radically transform health care.
Mark Farrah Associates issues a quick look at how health plan enrollments are shifting as reform is implemented on the health insurance exchanges.
In a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, health economists attempt to understand what the effect of the health reform law and health exchanges was on individual health insurance premiums, finding that large increases likely resulted from reform implementation.
A new study reported in Health Affairs examines the role patients’ preferences for care plays in geographic health spending variation.
In the we are being told what we already know, but when are we going to do something about it department, a report from NIHCR finds that hospital outpatient departments charge much more for the same service than do physician offices.
A review of interventions to prevent hospital readmissions for heart failure diagnoses finds that certain types may be effective.
PriceWaterhouseCooper’s Health Research institute release a projection on medical trend projections for employer-based health plans for 2015, showing a continued significant cost rise, which likely will translate to higher premiums for companies and workers.
A survey of physicians finds deep concern about their economic circumstances and increase burdens on the practice of medicine.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases a Statistical Brief on attitudes toward health insurance that goes a long way toward explaining the failure of many Americans to sign up during the recent open enrollment.
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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 [email protected].
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