A study in JAMA Internal Medicine claims that CMS could save over $8 billion a year on Medicare spending if certain common items of "low-value" care were eliminated, including a number of screening and diagnostic tests.
Brown & Brown, a large insurance service company, has acquired Axia Strategies, which provided consulting on various aspects of health care management to health plans.
A survey from Buck Consultants finds that in 2014 employer health plans are expecting about an 8.5% to 8.7% increase in medical costs, which likely would lead to at least similar-sized premium increases for the next year.
A brief from the Urban Institute argues that the employer mandate in the reform law could be eliminated without causing much impact on employment related coverage. Might be the initial attempt at cover for the Administration to remove the mandate.
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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.