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Jun 01 2021

This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much to improve care outcomes, but comes with a very high price that stresses payers and consumers.

https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/global-medicine-spending-and-usage-trends-outlook-to-2025?utm_campaign=2021_GlobalMedsPromotion_Enterprise_TC&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
Dec 07 2019

The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01451
Oct 01 2019

2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report

http://files.kff.org/attachment/Report-Employer-Health-Benefits-Annual-Survey-2019
Jun 18 2019

MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress

http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/jun19_medpac_reporttocongress_sec.pdf?sfvrsn=0
Apr 25 2019

2020 Medicare Hospital Reimbursement Proposed Rule

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-08330.pdf
Apr 25 2019

2019 Annual Medicare Trustees Report

https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/ReportsTrustFunds/Downloads/TR2019.pdf
Oct 17 2018

The Sanofi 2018 Payer Digest

http://www.managedcaredigest.com/ereader/2018PayerDigest/2/
Sep 20 2018

The 41st annual CDC Report on the Health of the US.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus17.pdf
Aug 06 2018

2019 Medicare Final Outpatient Reimbursement Rule

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-07-31/pdf/2018-15958.pdf
Jul 23 2018

2019 Proposed Medicare Rule for Physician Reimbursement

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-14985.pdf
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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
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September 25, 2025
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September 18, 2025

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About This Blog

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