PWC's Health Research Institute gives us its version of five on five--five health care trends to watch as the the reform law turns five.
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The Altarum Institute publishes a report describing the current state and the potential of telemedicine.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation brief looks at the characteristics and role of community health centers following the passage of the reform law.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day and as a holiday treat we report on the spending of lots of green, dollars for drugs, as Express Scripts 2014 Trend Report shows a steep…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been experimenting with bundled payments and releases an initial evaluation conducted by the Lewin Group.
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The latest report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending confirms that health spending growth appears to be accelerating at the end of 2014 and heading into 2015.
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A study in Health Affairs reviews the evidence for benefits from more extensive health information exchange, finding not much there.
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A presentation from the Petersen-Kaiser Health System Tracker examines what the United States spends on various diseases.
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The latest Congressional Budget Office projections on the reform law indicate that some costs will be lower and other higher and that a large pool of uninsured people will remain.
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Towers Watson issues another survey of employer trends, finding that things aren't likely to get any easier for workers over the next few years.
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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.