Having a health services price transparency tool available for use by patients doesn't appear to lead to lower health spending, according to research in JAMA.
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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that hospitals did not respond to readmission penalties by increasing observation stays.
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A unit of the Centers for Disease Control issues a report displaying the state variation in certain types of health care utilization.
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A BenefitFocus research report looks at trends in employee health benefits by large employers.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation Article examines factors influencing 2017 premium rates for the public insurance exchanges and urges caution in assuming large increases. Wishful thinking.
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We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog for something a little less serious.
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A Medical Economics survey covers a variety of characteristics of physician practices.
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A Milliman report examines cancer care costs, finding that spending increases are largely driven by higher usage of hospital outpatient settings for chemotherapy.
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Willis Towers Watson issues a 2016 Global Medical Trends Report.
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Another report using data from the Health Care Cost Institute finds wide geographic variation in payments for the same services.
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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.