The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute has released its 2013/14 prescription drug benefit report.
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A study done by KNG Health Consulting for Academy Health finds that the Medicare hospital readmission penalties disproportionately affect hospitals servicing low income patients; the very hospitals that can least afford to lose resources.
CMS’ Office of the Actuary has released its health spending summary for 2012, showing very welcome continued low growth.
A new brief from the Center for Studying Health System Change examines why people with private health insurance use the emergency room.
A systematic review of hospital inpatient clinic decision support systems in the BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making finds little evidence that they have a significant impact on health spending.
Examination of emergency room use by people who newly obtained coverage under Oregon’s Medicaid lottery finds a significant increase, usually for non-emergent conditions.
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine reviews the recent decline in the rate of growth of US health spending and analyzes whether it might persist.
Like everyone else who thinks they know something, we can’t resist giving some forecasts on what might happen in health care in 2014.
At its meeting in December the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission considered payment policies and updates for a number of provider types and discussed Medicare Advantage.
A Deloitte Center for Health Solutions brief dives into more detail on the firm’s health consumer segmentation analysis.
An interesting paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research looks at health in the United States since 1750, tracing the interaction of economic and health gains.
Wishing all of you a delightful Christmas Eve and a very Merry Christmas and a great holiday time!! Whatever your religious persuasion or lack thereof, this is a special time of year to reflect on the blessings in our lives, to enjoy the presence of loved ones and to show compassion to the less fortunate. The very best to all of you and thank you for reading.
The Commonwealth Fund, ever the apologist for the reform law, issues a brief suggesting that recent premium increases are not due to the reform law but to health cost rises. Neither explanation is good news.
PriceWaterhouseCooper opines on important health industry trends and concerns for 2014 in a report from its Health Research Institute.
A new Dartmouth Atlas report focuses on variation in pediatric care.
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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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