A new report from the Urban Institute examines the controversial issue of the impact of the Patient Protection Act on businesses of various sizes, showing that for small businesses it…
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It is cooling down across most of the country, but our Potpourri remains red-hot, with nuggets on the moderation in health spending over the last few years, how to change…
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A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research explores whether increased cost-sharing in health care coverage has affected the productivity of employees subject to this greater out-of-pocket spending…
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Another luminescent Potpourri, focusing on the ACA's high-risk pool plan; controlling health spending in Massachusetts; what components of EHRs and HIEs may control costs; another survey of employers and dealing…
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Our first Potpourri in a while is as diverse and flamboyant as the fall colors, including items on the effectiveness of telemonitoring, the history of health "reform" in the United…
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The Physician Group Practice Demonstration conducted by Medicare has largely wrapped up , to be supplanted by the accountable care organization programs. The PGP demo appears to have led to…
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The Health Care Cost Institute releases a report on spending and utilization in the employer-based health care coverage market for 2011. Spending continues to rise faster than inflation or economic…
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The Center for Public Integrity has pointed out what was an obvious unintended consequence of greater use of electronic health records--providers will use the additional clinical information to feed billing…
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Bundled payments are designed to change the incentives for providers so that they manage patient care in a more cost-effective manner, hopefully without negatively affecting quality. A report from the…
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We, among many others, have been harsh critics of Medicare's misguided hospital readmissions penalty program, which begins this year. MedPAC has weighed in with its views on how to "refine"…
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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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