A Statistical Brief from AHRQ compares hospitalizations in fee-for-service Medicare and in Medicare Advantage plans.
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A Commonwealth Fund report analyzes the efficacy of various initiatives to better manage care for high-cost patients.
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Another AHRQ brief on the persistence of health spending reveals there isn't that much among high-cost patients.
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Research sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund and published in Health Affairs finds that primary care physicians around the world struggle with care management for patients with multiple chronic conditions.
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The CMS Office of Actuary releases its estimates of 2014 national health spending, finding significant acceleration to 5.3% growth.
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A Journal of the American Medical Association Infographic suggests primary care doctors are pretty dissatisfied with much of what is going on in medicine.
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A Congressional Budget Office working paper highlights expenditure expectations related to various cohorts of Medicare beneficiaries.
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A report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute recommends a "makeover" for primary care.
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The Food and Drug Administration has noted serious concerns about use of laboratory developed tests.
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Leavitt Partners publishes an assessment of the Medicare hospital value-based purchasing program.
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Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. It is a troubled world, as it always is, but hopefully each of you has a relaxing and comforting time with family and friends.
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Even after the coverage expansions stemming from the reform law, we can't emphasize enough the problems that health care costs create for low and middle-income families, a fact underlined by…
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A brief from the Commonwealth Fund weighs in on the likely consequences of further health plan consolidation.
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Large national health plans continued to show enrollment gains through the second quarter of 2015, but recent announcements suggest some of that enrollment is not profitable.
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An AonHewitt analysis found that employers' health care costs rose 3.2% in 2015 and will climb by 4.1% in 2016.
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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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