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Nov 22 2017

Physician Employment by Hospitals

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The Physician Advocacy Institute releases a survey revealing the impacts of continued hospital employment of doctors.
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Nov 21 2017

Medicare Advantage Risk Scores

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A working paper from the CBO highlights the divergence of risk scores for Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
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Nov 20 2017

Oops! Do Readmission Penalties Lead to Higher Mortality?

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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Cardiology suggests that reducing heart failure readmissions may be associated with an increase in mortality.
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Nov 17 2017

Doctor Time With Patients

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The British Medical Journal publishes an interesting survey of how much time doctors spend with patients in various countries.
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Nov 16 2017

Episode-Based Payments for Pregnancy

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A test of pregnancy episode payments in Arkansas finds a modest reduction in spending and a slight improvement in quality.
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Nov 15 2017

Scope of Practice Restrictions

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Research in the Journal of Health Economics reviews the impact of health professional scope of practice laws.
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Nov 14 2017

ACO Results

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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine and recent CMS data point to ongoing underwhelming ACO performance.
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Nov 13 2017

Medicare Bundled Payments

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A Lewin Group report provides an update on results from the CMS bundled payment initiative.
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Nov 10 2017

Another Survey of Employer Health Plans

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A UBA survey of employers gives yet more information on the status of workplace health benefits.
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Nov 09 2017

Latest Altarum Institute Health Spending Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We take a look at the latest Altarum Institute review of health spending trends.
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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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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
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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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December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
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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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