CAHQ issues its annual index report on use of electronic transactions in health care, finding we still have a lot of room for progress.
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A study in the American Journal of Managed Care examines the use of EHR data to predict hospitalization.
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A new study examines whether physician preferences for certain types of patients may play a role in practice variation.
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A Health Affairs article examines the source and size of out-of-network billings.
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UnitedHealth Group gives us its perspective on the relative savings on beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage.
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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.
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A new study finds that Medicare Advantage plans tend to send people to average quality hospitals.
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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…
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A study in Health Affairs examines the impact of decision aids on surgery decisions for hip or knee issues.
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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.