A new paper from Rand looks at the effect of integrated care on a variety of outcomes, including provider and patient satisfaction, quality and costs.
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An analysis of claims and other data from three Massachusetts health plans reveals that socioeconomic status seems to have little to do with relative physician costs of care.
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The Brookings Institute issues another one of those "vision" pieces for the American health system. We need less vision and better analysis of and solutions for the real problems. All…
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A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute examines the characteristics of persons enrolled in consumer-driven and high-deductible health plans, which continue to show rapid growth.
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An article published in Health Affairs uses the experience of several other countries to draw lessons for the development and operation of health insurance exchanges in the United States.
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Proponents of health care coverage for years have suggested that people literally died without it. New research in regard to the Oregon Medicaid lottery suggests that is highly unlikely to…
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A new brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform explores the status of hospital quality reporting efforts and makes recommendations for improvement.
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Medscape has released the results of a survey of physician compensation, which shows it will increase in 2013 for most physicians, as it did in 2012.
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The final post on the EMD Serono Specialty Digest covers oncology, an area which is seeing rapid growth in very expensive specialty compounds, and use of specialty pharmacy providers.
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In the second part of our review of the EMD Serono Specialty Digest, we focus on utilization management.
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The annual EMD Serono Specialty Digest is out and does the usual excellent job of describing trends in regard to the management and utilization of specialty pharmaceuticals.
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Even after all the emphasis on guidelines and pay-for-performance the quality of care for diabetes patients has shown only very moderate improvement in the last ten years.
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The growth in per capita health spending in the United States has slowed in recent years. A Kaiser Family Foundation brief analyzes why the slowdown has occurred and how long…
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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that some hospitals profit from complications, receiving more revenue, even though in at least some cases the complications…
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Health Reform hasn't turned out quite as advertised in Massachusetts, with continuing issues about access and cost. A recent study in Health Affairs indicates that many families are still facing…
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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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