HHS has released an analysis of plans selected by enrollees through the federal health insurance exchange, including premiums and subsidies.
AdvaMed, a trade association for the medical device industry, put out a paper claiming that medical devices have played no role in the increase in health care spending.
An Avalere analysis of premium filings to date for 2015 insurance exchange rates finds an average 8% increase.
A number of positive news stories have been published recently regarding the increased participation by employers in the public health insurance exchanges for 2015. As usual, caution is warranted.
Willis, the large insurance broker, has released a survey of employers relating to health reform.
Two articles in Health Affairs analyze components of the spending trend in health care.
For the last fifty years the most fundamental tension in health care has been between the providers of health care and third-party payers. None of the reforms so popular today are likely to change that.
The 12th Annual MetLife U.S. Employee Benefits Trends Study highlights employees’ attitudes toward their benefits and employers’ challenges in delivering benefits that satisfy workers but keep costs controlled.
Two articles in Health Affairs examine the likelihood that by not incorporating socioeconomic factors, the Medicare readmission penalties are hurting hospitals that serve large numbers of low-income patients.
We know medical spending tends to grow rapidly in the United States–what is happening in the rest of the world? A Towers Watson survey attempts to answer that question.
The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics issued a report on cancer care facts and trends.
A study published in Health Affairs examines the effects of the recession on hospital finances, finding that the weak stayed weak but largely survived.
A survey for Enroll America, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, explores why some people did and did not enroll on the exchanges in its initial open enrollment period.
The latest Mark Farrah Associates report on health plan enrollments reveals that most large insurers continue to show growth.
Truven Health Analytics’ report on employer health plan cost trends shows that in 2013 spending moderated due to lower hospital and drug costs.