A Kaiser Family Foundation report summarizes Medicare Advantage offerings for 2014, noting trends in availability, benefits and cost.
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A Milliman report shows that the same cancer treatment costs far more in a hospital outpatient setting than it does in a physician’s office.
The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics issues its Global Use of Medicines report, which gives current data and projections through 2017.
A report from the Pew Research Center focuses on those Americans living with chronic disease, uncovering information about how they use the internet.
Mercer’s annual survey of employers regarding their health benefit plans suggests that significant changes in costs and benefits are likely in the next couple of years as the reform law is fully implemented.
So who is happy with the reform law? Not physicians, who are waking up to a reality of lower reimbursement and narrow provider networks for plans insurers are selling on the exchanges. Payers say the changes are necessary to create competitive plans.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20131126/NEWS/311269951/white-house-hears-earful-from-doc-groups-about-narrow-provider?AllowView=VW8xUmo5Q21TcWJOb1gzb0tNN3RLZ0h0MWg5SVgra3NZRzROR3l0WWRMWGFWZjhIRWxiNUtpQzMyWmFxNVhvWUpibWdiUUEzemxjY3IyZVlHZUUwemlPUnA4T3JIOXEwUmEwUEJ1VUZ6cW51TXFYazZKRlZlY21ENlZnZ0E2UTdublpQdWZFeVRYL3NuUjlJNkFDbEdKN3Q=A Gallup survey of over 1000 adults reveals an interesting dissonance between Americans’ views of their own health insurance and health care versus the perception of insurance and care in the country overall.
A new study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine examines associations between insurance coverage and health behaviors.
I wish you all a very happy and relaxing Thanksgiving. While there are many problems in our nation and the world and we may each have our personal trials and tribulations, this is a special time to enjoy family and friends and reflect on the beauty of the world around us and the happiness that life can bring.
A new report from the Health Systems Innovation Network provides data on the costs of the Medicaid expansion for states. The report should serve as an early warning call to state legislators about the tidal wave of spending that eventually will swamp their states.
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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 [email protected].
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