A study suggests that hospital report cards on cardiac care in Canada did not result in significant performance improvement. Even less clear is whether they lead to better health outcomes.
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A study suggests that insuring currently uninsured adults could save Medicare money. Overall health spending, however, would clearly go up substantially and even the amounts Medicare might save are in…
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The CBO looks at the characteristics of drug promotion spending and activity. Another study reveals that direct-to-consumer advertising for Plavix did not appear to increase the number of prescriptions but…
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Thanksgiving leftovers, but prepared in a savory fashion to provide tender tidbits of health care information, including dishes on reform, wireless technology, telemedicine, workers' compensation and venture capital activity.
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An NCCI report indicates that increasing time-off benefits in workers' compensation insurance results in employees staying off the job for a longer period of time, incurring higher work comp costs…
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One of the supposed sources for cost reduction is eliminating inappropriate geographic variation in medical care; variation that is unassociated with better outcomes. A MedPac report suggests variation, while significant,…
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Researchers looked at patients' decision-making when they were hearing a very strong physician recommendation versus when they were solely responsible for a medical decision. The patients were more risk-avoiding than…
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The CBO estimates that the Senate reform bill will raise individual premiums by ten percent, although that will be offset by subsidies for many individuals. Overall the CBO finds group…
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The Senate takes up its version of the health reform bill, creating an opportune moment to revisit what the goals of reform are and whether this bill will actually widen…
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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.
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