Advance planning directives have a modest effect on end-of-life care, according to a new study of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation Analysis finds that few Medicare Advantage members switch plans each year.
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A Deloitte report looks at global consumer attitudes to health care and developments in health care.
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A study in JAMA Network Open finds that being covered by a high-deductible plan isn't associated with abandoning treatment for diabetes.
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How specialists are paid doesn't appear strongly related to how they treat patients or outcomes.
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The Office of the Actuary has released its report on national health spending for 2018. It is still going up and up.
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A WillisTowersWatson report outlines expectations for global medical cost trends in 2020.
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Lack of access to specialists creates worse outcomes for rural patients, according to a Health Affairs study.
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A poster presented at an American Heart Association conference suggests it might be dangerous to rely on patient-reported information.
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A MedPAC presentation looks at whether greater Medicare Advantage membership in a market is associated with spending or coding changes for FFS beneficiaries in those markets.
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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.