Two articles in Health Affairs discuss the potential impact of Americans living longer on health spending.
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The Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General found that many state Medicaid programs are not taking full advantage of provisions that could lower their drug spending.
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An article in Health Management, Policy and Innovation looks at increases in hospital prices, finding that much of the rise is due to increases in the cost of providing care.
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A study published in Health Affairs examines variation in payments by private health plans to physicians for common services.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality publishes the latest in a regular series of looks at the concentration of health spending, which continues to reveal that a relatively small…
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Early experience on the watered down exchanges suggests that they are not functioning well at this point, but like most complicated HIT projects, they may improve over time.
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A new report from the Institute of Medicine focuses on the quality of cancer care in the United States, finding serious reason for concern about quality and cost to consumers.
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A review by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found little clear evidence of benefit from outpatient case management for adults with complex medical needs.
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While health spending growth appears to have moderated in recent years, but the Office of Actuary at CMS projects a pickup in the spending growth rate over the next ten…
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A report from the Government Accounting Office on duplicative information technology projects finds that many are health-related, likely leading to hundreds of millions in unnecessary spending.
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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.