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Mar 07 2017

Cost Estimators and Insurance Exchange Consumers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A paper from the Commonwealth Fund examines use of cost estimators on insurance exchanges.
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Mar 06 2017

Trends in Employer Health Insurance

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An organization called the State Health Access Data Assistance Center analyzes MEPS results to estimate trends in employer-sponsored health coverage.
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Mar 03 2017

AHIP Response to Proposed 2018 Medicare Advantage Rates

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America's Health Insurance Plans sponsors a piece by actuarial firm Oliver Wyman regarding the proposed 2018 Medicare Advantage rates.
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Mar 02 2017

Health Care Benefit Trends

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The Healthcare Trends Institute surveys 250 benefit managers to ascertain the state of health care benefits.
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Mar 01 2017

Deductibles and Diabetes Care

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Having a low or a high deductible insurance plan is associated with a reduction in receipt of certain care by diabetes patients, but not with a change in outcomes.
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Feb 28 2017

Prime Therapeutics Drug Trend Report

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Prime Therapeutics issues a press release about its drug trend for 2016.
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Feb 27 2017

2016 Express Scripts Drug Trend Report

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Express Scripts offers up the first 2016 Drug Trend report, with forecasts for the future to boot.
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Feb 24 2017

The Internet of Health Things???

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Accenture publishes a new survey on the internet of health things.
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Feb 23 2017

Wage Level and Health Care Use

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A study in Health Affairs finds that lower-paid employees have different health care usage patterns and costs than do higher-paid ones.
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Feb 22 2017

Does Bundled Payment Reimbursement Increase Volume?

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The Altarum Institute issues a report on the impact of bundled payment methods on volume of services.
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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...
June 1, 2021
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

Headlines

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August 5, 2026
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August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 2026

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About This Blog

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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