A study reported in Circulation indicates that California teaching hospitals that utilize more resources in treating heart failure had lower rates of mortality. The study results call into question the…
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A review of what money is spent on which children for Medicaid and CHIPS yields insights on possible cost-saving and quality improvement opportunities.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has published a review of the cost effects of clinical preventive care measures.
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AHIP presents evidence on the value of Medicare Advantage plans in delivering more efficient and effective care.
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Researchers associated with the Dartmouth Atlas project reinforce their viewsg on high health costs in a NEJM Perspective.
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Everybody says we need cost control and expanded access, but nobody wants to pony up.
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Geographic variation in health spending is hot, but the reasons for it are still murky.
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A commentary on Medicare's experience in attempting to improve the quality of heart failure care demonstrates just how hard it may be to get better outcomes and lower cost.
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Aon has estimated that private insurers health costs will increase at over 10% next year.
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An Op-ed suggests we spend too little on healthcare. That may depend on who is paying.
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A recent report from NEHI states that medication therapy non-compliance leads to $290 billion in avoidable medical costs every year.
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One relatively unexplored method for reducing health spending is lowering providers' input costs. A New York Times article examines one category of hospital costs.
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Insurers have been under sharp attack for causing many of the problems reform is designed to address. One response has been to shift the responsibility for these problems to other…
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A new study shows increasing amounts of US health care spending are caused by obesity.
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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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