Express Scripts provides us with the first of the big PBM drug spending trend reports.
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Two studies in JAMA show modest or no improvement from intensive interventions around diet and weight management for overweight, depressed patients.
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Yawn, another study in Health Affairs showing that hospital prices are an issue for containing health spending.
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Use of a transitional care service did not improve outcomes for patients with heart failure, according to a study in JAMA.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality releases a brief on average costs at different types of usual sources of care.
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A report from Massachusetts examines the relationship between the price a payer reimburses at and a patient's out-of-pocket cost.
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The Kaiser Foundation releases a report on claims denials by health insurance exchange plans.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases another in its series of Statistical Briefs on concentration in health spending.
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A brief from Sherlock Company discusses health plan economies of scale.
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A study in Health Affairs provides another look at variation in spending for the privately insured population.
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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.