Leavitt Partners publishes an assessment of the Medicare hospital value-based purchasing program.
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Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. It is a troubled world, as it always is, but hopefully each of you has a relaxing and comforting time with family and friends.
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Even after the coverage expansions stemming from the reform law, we can't emphasize enough the problems that health care costs create for low and middle-income families, a fact underlined by…
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A brief from the Commonwealth Fund weighs in on the likely consequences of further health plan consolidation.
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Large national health plans continued to show enrollment gains through the second quarter of 2015, but recent announcements suggest some of that enrollment is not profitable.
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An AonHewitt analysis found that employers' health care costs rose 3.2% in 2015 and will climb by 4.1% in 2016.
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The drug manufacturers trade association does a wonderful job of providing a rationalization for exorbitant pricing of medications, too bad it has no basis in moral or economic reality.
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Doctors often respond to patients' requests for services that may be unnecessary, according to research in the American Journal of Managed Care.
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While growing faster than the economy, health care spending has risen at a slightly slower pace so far in the second half of 2015, according to Altarum Institute reports.
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Research published in the British Medical Journal suggests that physicians who practice defensive medicine may incur fewer malpractice suits.
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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.