A paper from EBRI discusses differences in cost for the same cancer medication in different sites of service.
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A paper presented at the American Society of Hematology describes early cost and utilization results for Medicare patients.
A new study finds that Medicare Advantage plans tend to send people to average quality hospitals.
A review published by the Public Library of Science claims that research shows that a single-payer plan would reduce US health spending, which is simply not true under any realistic set of assumptions.
A study in Health Affairs examines the impact of decision aids on surgery decisions for hip or knee issues.
The National Venture Capital Association and Pitchbook give us an early read on venture capital activities in 2019.
Another misleading piece of garbage on administrative costs in the US health system from the usual group of ideologues.
A study in the Journal of Health Economics finds that consumers will pay a fair amount more to be in a broad network health plan.
A study in Health Affairs reviews the state of research of bundled payments.
A study finds marginal benefit from an embedded clinical decision support system in regard to medication use.
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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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