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Jun 25 2019

ACOs and Medicare Savings.

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that ACOs may not be saving Medicare money.
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Jun 24 2019

PWC’s 2020 Medical Cost Trend Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
PWC releases its annual report on what employers can expect in the way of medical cost growth for the coming year.
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Jun 21 2019

The Employment-based Health Insurance System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzes the impact on health care in the US of having a largely employment driven health insurance market.
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Jun 20 2019

Relative Performance of Provider Network Types

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An analysis from the Integrated Healthcare Association comparing provider network types finds that ACOs performed well in controlling costs.
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Jun 19 2019

Adjunct Providers and Complex Patients

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Nurse practitioners and physician assistants appear to do as good a job at managing complex patients as physicians, but at a lower cost.
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Jun 18 2019

High-cost Claims

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A report from Sun Life illustrates the nature of high cost claims.
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Jun 17 2019

Drug Company Payments to Prescribers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research finds that payments and other benefits given by drug manufacturers to physicians does influence prescribing behavior.
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Jun 14 2019

Interventions to Manage Seriously Ill Patients

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An article in Health Affairs describes an intervention for seriously ill patients that reduced costs.
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Jun 13 2019

More on Survey Methodology

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We look at another article on survey methodology today, this one comparing internet and mail responses.
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Jun 12 2019

Survey Research Methodology

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A pair of articles in Health Services Research discuss issues in survey research methodology.
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Kevin RocheThe 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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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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