The National Committee for Quality Assurance releases its annual report on the state of health care quality in America, based on its collection of various quality measures from health plans.…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is forever tinkering with reimbursement for various providers, usually not getting exactly the results it seeks. An example of this is given in…
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Another in our series of Potpourris, tasty, succulent morsels of health data food, including this week the effect of mammography screening, improving health and health costs, state costs to run…
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Another extensive research paper details the effects of provider consolidation and consequent market power on the health care industry in the United States, and specifically on the growth of health…
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Deloitte Consulting and the American Medical Informatics Association released results from a survey on the state of informatics in health care. Much of the supposed improvements in health care quality…
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A Government Accounting Office report examines access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries, finding a continuing decline in provider willingness to serve these patients, largely due to inadequate reimbursement. With a…
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We want to wish all our loyal (and not so loyal!) readers a wonderful Thanksgiving. A recent poll suggested that many Americans feel that the relentless focus on the shopping aspects of holidays has spoiled their traditional meaning. We hope that you have an enjoyable day with family and friends, who give so much meaning to our lives. We can all be very grateful that we live in this country, with so many freedoms and still so much opportunity.
The Government Accounting Office examines trends in drug spending in Medicare Part B, which covers drugs administered in a doctor's office. Looking at the 55 most expensive Part B drugs,…
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Employee benefits consulting firm releases results from its latest survey of employers on health benefits. While spending growth has moderated in recent years, it continues at an above inflation and…
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An article in Nature describes a study of over 1000 individual genomes to identify variation. This is an important step in the continuing evolution of personalized medicine, which is proving…
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