If you think that state employees have gold-plated health coverage, you are right according to a study from Pew and the MacArthur Foundation.
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Before ACOs, CMS ran the Medicare Physician Group Practice demonstration, which showed minor cost savings and quality improvements.
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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 program to provide home-based primary care for Medicare recipients resulted in lower spending, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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The latest Altarum Institute Health Sector Economic Indicators Report shows continued growth in health spending with subdued price increases.
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The latest National Business Group on Health survey finds that most large employers are still expecting large health cost increases next year.
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A Deloitte brief examines trends and potential for eVisits--the use of online communication technology for provider/patient interactions.
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A Deloitte Center for Health Solutions analysis of filings to date for individual policies sold on the insurance exchanges finds that 2015 rates will rise an average of 8.2% to a monthly mean of $385. Very affordable and such a modest increase when wages are rising at about 1% to 2%.
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/health-research-institute/aca-state-exchanges.jhtmlThe 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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Solvadi is the first of a new group of wonder drugs for Hepatitis C, but its cost is staggering. A brief by Milliman examines the impact of the drug on…
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The Choosing Wisely initiative is an effort by the physician community to identify services that should be avoided due to lack of benefit considering the cost. A critique in JAMA suggests improvements to the method and rationale for selecting services.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1857323An Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Statistical Brief gives us data on inpatient hospital costs and utilization from 2003 and 2013 and a projection about the future.
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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 from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at out-of-pocket spending by Medicare Beneficiaries, including premiums and service cost-sharing. For some seniors, these numbers are pretty large.
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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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