There is so much health spending in the United States that it is sometimes hard to isolate the big buckets. Nursing home residents have very high medical costs and many…
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The reform debate and its aftermath focused a lot of attention on health plans' administrative expenses, particularly whether they were devoting too much of total premium to profits. A new…
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The Institute of Medicine's report on The Future of Nursing discusses many issues, but one that catches the eye relates to the role of restrictions on nurse scope of practice…
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More health care tidbits in this week's potpourri, including medication adherence; the benefits of workplace wellness programs; the costs to employers of obesity; hospital prices in Oregon; reimbursement methods for…
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A medical device manufacturers' trade association publishes sponsored research on the effect of GPOs on costs, concluding that hospitals would be better off to buy directly from the manufacturers or…
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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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