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Jul 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

How federal regulators interpret a metric known as a medical-loss ratio could affect players from industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc. down to specialized companies such as American National Insurance

Jul 01 2010

The Fiscal Times

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Last week’s Capitol Hill hearing on the latest MedPAC report offered a sobering reminder of how hard it will be for IPAB to hit home runs in the cost control game

Jul 01 2010

The US Health System Stinks…Or Does It?

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The Commonwealth Fund issues one of its regular reports designed to demonstrate how bad the US health system is compared to those of other developed countries. Unfortunately, the report is…

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Jul 01 2010

Washington Post

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CBO predicted that the national debt would continue rising in the coming decades despite cost-containment measures in the health overhaul

Jun 30 2010

Commonwealth Fund

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Commonwealth Fund: Based on analysis of OECD health data from 2008, the United States continues to differ markedly from other countries on a number of health system measures.

Jun 30 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Published hospital charges are “useless for consumers” – one reason is that hospital prices are moving targets, varying with patients’ needs and doctors’ treatment strategies

Jun 30 2010

Services With Increasing Costs

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Where does all that health spending go and what areas are incurring some of the largest increases? An AHRQ statistical brief looks at hospital costs from 2001 and 2007 and…

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Jun 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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In a new proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has included a provision that could mean an additional reduction by 6.1% in physician service payment rates starting Jan. 1 2011

Jun 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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It pays to appeal – A recently released CMS report indicates that providers have been winning more appeals since the last update

Jun 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The high-risk insurance pools established by health reform could cost three times as much as initially planned, according to new analysis from the CBO

Jun 26 2010

2010 Potpourri XXIII

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Once more into the breach with the Saturday health care roundup, including medication adherence, monitoring patients' health status in their homes, Massachusetts' reform update and insurance costs, hospitals' economic contribution,…

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Jun 25 2010

Archives of Internal Medicine

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Archives of Internal Medicine: Improving follow-up appointments is often considered one of the key strategies for reducing costly hospital readmissions, but a new study suggests that better discharge processes don’t reduce 30-day readmission rates at all.

Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries — Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Fund report found.

Jun 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Now that health-care reform legislation has been signed into existence in the U.S., venture investors say they are focused even more intently than before on companies with products that aim to lower the cost of health-care.

Jun 23 2010

FiscalTimes

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The Hidden Cost of Health Care Cost Control – the US may one day have to spend every tax dollar on health care

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