A common perception is that there are too many hospital readmissions which could be prevented with better discharge planning. A new study indicates that scheduling follow-up visits may not help…
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Home infusion of therapeutic agents is increasing, especially as more biologics, which tend to need infusion, are approved for use. GAO looked at how Medicare FFS handles home infusion versus…
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Once more into the breach with the Saturday health care roundup, including medication adherence, monitoring patients' health status in their homes, Massachusetts' reform update and insurance costs, hospitals' economic contribution,…
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An FDA lawyer posts an excellent summary of potential issues in regard to FDA's regulation of mobile health devices and services. He suggests that industry adopt a proactive approach of…
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The American Medical Association does an annual survey of claims processing and payment practices by large health plans. The AMA's interpretation of the results needs to be taken with a…
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The Council for American Medical Innovation has released a report about the value of medical innovation to the United States' economy. Concern is expressed about maintaining a vigorous medical product…
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PriceWaterhouseCooper has a Health Research Institute which periodically looks at medical cost trends. Consistent with other recent publications, PWC believes that costs are continuing to increase at a rate well…
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Medicare's Part D benefit covers most prescription drugs and has added significantly to the program's cost, although not as much as originally projected. Now that the program has been in…
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Another weekend bonanza of health care items, including health insurance premium increases, genetic testing, remote patient monitoring, eye drug coverage by Medicare, emergency room use under the reform law and…
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It is an oft repeated claim that there are hundreds of billions of dollars of waste in the health system, which if limited or removed would greatly relieve financial pressure…
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The medical home is one of the hot concepts which is supposed to improve quality and lower costs. Many demonstrations are under way. A special issue of the Annals of…
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The Administration has been caught again in how misleading its arguments in favor of the "reform" law were; this time in regard to how many employer-sponsored health plans will have…
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Physicians are experimenting with retainer-like payments for uninsured patients. It appears that this may be attractive to many uninsured persons and may allow physicians to accrue more revenue than they…
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Milliman issued its annual look at health care costs for a family of four, including employer payments and out-of-pocket. Costs continue to rise well-above the rate of inflation or GDP…
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Another potpourri of health care items, including telemedicine, mergers and acquisitions, unnecessary medical care, Massachusetts struggle with health insurance rates and health costs, e-visits, and a different suggestion for reforming…
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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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