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2012 Potpourri XI

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Welcome to another Potpourri of health information, focusing on workers’ comp medical prices, cost-sharing on asthma meds, the Medicare Advantage program, doctors’ experience of quality improvement programs, a review of the last 60 years in health economics and the value of teledermatology.

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2012 MedPAC Report

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Every year the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission puts out a report on its views on the current state of Medicare, its major issues and recommendations to Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about how to improve the program. The 2012 report is out with a plethora of useful information.

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2012 Potpourri X

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Spring is in the air but take a few minutes to refresh with our latest Potpourri, which includes the Congressional Budget Office’s latest health reform projections, ER use by those with Medicaid or private insurance coverage, the effect of selective outcomes reporting in research, an AonHewitt survey of employers on exchange use, another CBO report on employer incentives for use of TriCare and physician costs to comply with quality mandates.

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Medical Home Research

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A review article in the American Journal of Managed Care summarizes the evidence to date on medical homes. The results look modestly promising, with evidence of improving quality of care, some signs of cost control, but other evidence that suggests net cost increases.

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Employer Views of Reform

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A crucial question in the next few years is what will happen with employer-sponsored health care coverage in the wake of the reform law’s full implementation. A new survey from Willis reports on some current attitudes and actions among companies in regard to health plan options.

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Spending and Quality

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We would all like to believe that spending more on health care means we would have better outcomes and healthier people. Most research on the topic to date has suggested that this is not true, but a new study from Canada indicates that perhaps spending more is associated with better treatment outcomes.

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