A report from the Rand Corporation examines whether higher social spending in a nation is correlated with better health outcomes.
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The Milliman annual Medical Medical Index indicates continued financial pain for families from medical spending.
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A Commonwealth Fund report examines trends in consumer cost-sharing for exchange plans.
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A Milliman article discusses how the "long-tail" problem applies to health care services and how telemedicine may ameliorate it.
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Accenture publishes an article revealing that hospitals that create better patient experience of care have higher profit margins.
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Analyzing the latest medical spending data suggests that growth rates continue to be much higher than those for the economy.
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McKinsey issues results of a survey it conducted of exchange enrollees.
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PBMs and payers are beginning to exclude more drugs from any kind of coverage.
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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at the health effects of being a caregiver for a critically ill patient.
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If you thought the current reform law cost way more than the Administration said it would, you ain't seen nothin' yet, according to an analysis of Sen. Sanders grandiose health…
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Having a health services price transparency tool available for use by patients doesn't appear to lead to lower health spending, according to research in JAMA.
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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that hospitals did not respond to readmission penalties by increasing observation stays.
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A unit of the Centers for Disease Control issues a report displaying the state variation in certain types of health care utilization.
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A BenefitFocus research report looks at trends in employee health benefits by large employers.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation Article examines factors influencing 2017 premium rates for the public insurance exchanges and urges caution in assuming large increases. Wishful thinking.
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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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