The PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute releases a report on the rise of retail health coverage, primarily through the public and private insurance exchanges.
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Research published in Health Affairs finds that giving patients comparative cost information for MRI services led to reduced spending and more intense price competition among providers.
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A Deloitte survey finds that young adults often did not sign up for mandated health coverage, usually due to cost concerns.
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The new health insurance exchange policies don't offer particularly high levels of coverage, as revealed in a report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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There is so much talk about patient engagement that it is worth thinking more carefully about what that means and what it really means for costs and quality.
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A paper sponsored by the American Federation of Hospitals explores the apparent contrast between falling rates of health spending growth and increased health costs for consumers.
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A brief Accenture report describes the rapid growth in private health insurance exchanges and the factors behind that growth.
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A survey by The Associated Press confirms that most Americans have little faith in their ability to select doctors based on quality, with only 22% saying they are confident they can find and use quality information to compare physicians. Sixty percent rely on friends and family. Only 4% think they get poor quality care, contrary to what research suggests. Most judge doctors on characteristics like friendliness and listening. And having insurance coverage for a particular doctor is very important.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/doctors-check-vitals-check-24637964?singlePage=trueAmerica's Health Insurance Plans released its annual census of health savings account/high deductible plans.
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A Statistical Brief from AHRQ examines out-of-pocket health spending by various categories of Americans.
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An Altarum Institute survey finds that consumers are interested in being engaged in health care but aren't always certain of their ability to do so.
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Epocrates, a division of AthenaHealth, released it 2014 Mobile Trends Report, showing some slowing of adoption of the mobile health technologies that are going to so radically transform health care.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases a Statistical Brief on attitudes toward health insurance that goes a long way toward explaining the failure of many Americans to sign…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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