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Mar 18 2013

prices

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A report from the Healthcare Incentives Improvement Institute finds that few states have laws which ensure that consumers have adequate information about what medical services really cost.

Mar 18 2013

app

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HHS has released the draft of the application for health insurance purchased through exchanges.  It weighs in at a slim 21 pages which should only take a week or so for the average consumer to fill out.  Another reform nightmare.

Mar 18 2013

exch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

According to a JD Powers survey, many consumers are willing to shop for health insurance via an exchange.

Mar 14 2013

ehr

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey by the American College of Physicians indicates that there is rapidly growing and deep dissatisfaction with EHRs among physicians, with most feeling it doesn’t improve care and reduces productivity.  Yippee, another health reform law triumph!

Mar 13 2013

hosp

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology suggests that in low volume hospitals, patients receive less guideline adherent care for ovarian cancer than do patients in high-voume centers.

Mar 13 2013

gv

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A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that greater spending on the care of advanced cancer patients does not appear to improve survival.

Mar 11 2013

ref

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey suggests that few health plans meet all the benefit requirements for the reform act’s mandated packages, which just adds another layer of higher cost caused by the law.

Mar 11 2013

cost

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study in Health Affairs indicates that most patients do not like providers to be focused on costs in making treatment decisions, posing a hurdle to the theory that informed patients will choose less costly care.

Mar 08 2013

cis

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey by Cisco reveals that consumers are increasingly comfortable with obtaining physician visits online.

Mar 08 2013

aco

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A number of the Medicare ACOs are unhappy with how CMS is proposing to measure quality for bonus payments.

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