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May 01 2013

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In the first quarter of the year, the value of employee benefits actually dropped, likely as employers began to prepare for the reform law and therefore cut hours, eligibility and benefits for employees. Cheers.

Apr 30 2013

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Another piece of emergency room related research published by Truven Health suggests that 70% of ER visits paid for by commercial health insurance are for care that could have been provided in another outpatient setting.

Apr 30 2013

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An analysis in the Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that emergency room spending in the US is actually about twice as high as has been previously calculated.

Apr 29 2013

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According to Irving Levin Associates, health care related mergers and acquisition activity took a significant drop in the first quarter of this year compared to last year.

Apr 24 2013

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Doctors in training spend very little of their overall educational time actually talking with and caring for patients, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Explains a lot.

Apr 24 2013

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WellPoint reported earnings slightly better than expectations, largely because of lower than expected medical costs. The company expressed optimism about the year.

Apr 23 2013

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A study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that improving communications between inpatient and outpatient providers around the time of discharge does not appear correlated with fewer readmissions.

Apr 23 2013

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According to a survey by Health Pocket, most consumers say the penalty for not being insured won’t be enough to encourage them to purchase insurance. The penalty is nominal next year but rises rapidly.

Apr 22 2013

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The Obama administration is going to spend at least $8 million promoting the wonderful (and we thought self-evident) benefits of its reform law. Given the turkey this is turning into, we are surprised they are wasting so little of taxpayers’ money on this effort.

Apr 22 2013

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Mammography rates have not declined despite the change three years ago in the screening recommendations from the USPTF.