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Dec 25 2017

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

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Wishing all my readers a warm, memorable holiday season.  As always, enjoy your family and friends.  Focus on your blessings, accept your trials.  And believe in your strength.

Dec 22 2017

PWC on Next Year’s Top Health Issues

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The PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research institute Identifies top health issues for 2018.
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Dec 21 2017

Low-Value Service Use Under High-Deductible Plans

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A study published in the American Journal of Managed Care assesses the impact of high-deductible plans on low-value health services.
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Dec 20 2017

WillisTowersWatson Global Benefits Survey

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WillisTowersWatson issues results from its annual Global Benefits Attitudes Survey.
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Dec 19 2017

FDA Guidance on Software and Medical Devices

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The Food & Drug Administration releases guidance on issues related to health care software.
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Dec 18 2017

Quality According to Patients, Employers and Physicians

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A survey by Leavitt Partners and the University of Utah reveals divides in patient, employer and physician perceptions of quality.
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Dec 15 2017

How Have Health Plans Done Financially in Recent Years

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A Deloitte report looks at health plan financial performance over the last few years.
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Dec 14 2017

Medicare’s Value-based Modifier and Quality

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CMS' creation of a value-based purchasing modifier used with reimbursement seems to have little actual correlation with quality of care.
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Dec 13 2017

Patient Satisfaction and Denials of Service Requests

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Denying requests for services isn't a good way for doctors to improve patient satisfaction, according to a study in JAMA internal medicine.
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Dec 12 2017

Preventable Spending Among High-Cost Medicare Patients

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Research carried by the Annals of Internal Medicine focuses on preventable spending among high-cost Medicare patients.
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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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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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