The Kaiser Family Foundation published its annual survey on Employer Health Benefits. While the rate of growth in both single and family health insurance premiums has slowed, it is still…
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Another brilliant edition of our Potpourri, focusing on individual health insurance rate reform, variation in traumatic care costs, genetic counseling and diabetes, small business and health care costs and savings…
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Research based on data from UnitedHealth Group's commercial health plans finds wide variation in episode of care costs across both selected procedures and chronic diseases. The research also showed that…
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The Institute of Medicine released a report regarding supposed unnecessary spending on health care in the United States and potential ways to remedy that problem, largely through use of health…
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AONHewitt has released its 2012 Health Care Survey, which largely reviews employer attitudes and actions toward health care coverage. The impacts of the health reform law are obviously foremost on…
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Yet another brilliant collection of health care data points, including use of gene profiling tests to guide breast cancer care, 30-day mortality models for stroke performance, hospital medication administration errors,…
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An article from Rand Corporation researchers published in Health Affairs details the continued growth and use of retail clinics. These facilities offer a convenient and inexpensive method for consumers to…
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Another sunny Potpourri, brightening your day with rays of data on hospital at home; Medicare care coordination programs; an employer survey on impacts of the reform law; a survey on…
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Health Affairs contains a survey regarding physicians' acceptance of new Medicaid patients, which reveals that a significant fraction won't accept new ones, largely because of low fees. The reform act…
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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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