Based on a survey of employers, PWC's Health Research Institute expects commercial medical trend to continue to be "moderate" in 2017.
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A study sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and performed by the Healthcare Bluebook finds that use of ASCs can reduce spending.
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More evidence that hospital consolidation is fueling spending growth comes from a study published in the journal Inquiry.
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A report from the Rand Corporation examines whether higher social spending in a nation is correlated with better health outcomes.
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The Milliman annual Medical Medical Index indicates continued financial pain for families from medical spending.
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Analyzing the latest medical spending data suggests that growth rates continue to be much higher than those for the economy.
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Having a health services price transparency tool available for use by patients doesn't appear to lead to lower health spending, according to research in JAMA.
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Willis Towers Watson issues a 2016 Global Medical Trends Report.
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Another report using data from the Health Care Cost Institute finds wide geographic variation in payments for the same services.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation brief demonstrates how much health care cost-sharing has increased for workers.
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A paper from the National Bureau of Economics reveals, not surprisingly, that physicians respond to economic incentives in choosing treatments.
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The Health Care Cost Institute releases a set of reports using its impressive trove of commercial and Medicare claims data.
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According to new research from the NBER, it is not just same market hospital mergers that can raise costs, but cross-market ones as well.
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The CBO's latest report on federal government health insurance-related costs projects a substantial rise in Medicaid spending.
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A Health Affairs blog gives further evidence of the deleterious effect of provider consolidation on health care prices and spending.
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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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