Another edition of our thrilling, perhaps even chilling collection of health care tidbits for your Halloween edification.
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Net neutrality sounds good to some but a Brookings commentary indicates it may cause problems for health care users.
Deloitte Touche releases another report on medical tourism, anticipating continued strong growth for the sector as patients become more comfortable with its safety and continue to seek lower-cost health care.
The Center for Health Care Strategies release an updated report on Medicaid enrollees with chronic disease, reaffirming how a relatively few patients account for well over half the total program spending.
A Harris poll looks at Americans’ attitudes toward mobile healthcare and finds that those who use health care the most are also the most disengaged from these new technologies.
An analysis from the CMS Office of Actuary examines the effects of the current House of Representatives health care reform bill and finds that while it would substantially reduce the number of uninsured persons, it would also likely significantly increase not only the federal deficit, but total health spending.
A study finds a modest link between fully functional EHRs and performance on HEDIS quality measures by Massachusetts physicians.
JAMA publishes an article on some common screenings, suggesting a new strategy that would attempt to identify and screen only high risk individuals and would limit treatment to tumors demonstrated to be likely to cause significant disease.
We have released a research report on The Value of Prevention & Wellness. The report describes various preventive interventions and examines methods of valuing these programs and specific research on the value of prevention and wellness activities.
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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 [email protected].
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