All the focus on quality and the effect of spending on quality of care has led to some creative research approaches to understanding what that relationship may be. A new…
Read More
Our latest Potpourri features the comparative cost of cancer care in the US and elsewhere, the effect of genomics on spending, international practice guidelines, state Medicaid waivers, unintended consequences from…
Read More
In an era of multiple programs measuring outcomes and costs by provider and by disease or condition, the importance of consistent coding in the data used to do the measurement…
Read More
An early spring for much of the country and our latest Potpourri is in full bloom, with nuggets on health information exchanges, genetic testing guidelines, an employer survey on reform,…
Read More
Makes sense that paying for better delivery of quality care would improve outcomes, but the research so far doesn't support that notion. The latest evidence is a study in the…
Read More
Welcome to another Potpourri of health information, focusing on workers' comp medical prices, cost-sharing on asthma meds, the Medicare Advantage program, doctors' experience of quality improvement programs, a review of…
Read More
As ObamaCare meets judgment at the Supreme Court, evidence about the effect of its predecessor in Massachusetts continues to be amassed. A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic…
Read More
A new report from the Commonwealth Fund tracks performance of local health care systems across the United States, finding as much as a two to three times variation across the…
Read More
Spring is in the air but take a few minutes to refresh with our latest Potpourri, which includes the Congressional Budget Office's latest health reform projections, ER use by those…
Read More
A review article in the American Journal of Managed Care summarizes the evidence to date on medical homes. The results look modestly promising, with evidence of improving quality of care,…
Read More
We would all like to believe that spending more on health care means we would have better outcomes and healthier people. Most research on the topic to date has suggested…
Read More
Can all the public reporting on provider quality and cost performance actually be used by consumers to make good choices for their health care services? That is the question explored…
Read More
Years after it was initially predicted to do so, medical care based on individual genetic findings is becoming more pervasive. A new report from UnitedHealth Group examines trends and impacts…
Read More
About this Blog
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.
Apple Podcasts
Google Podcasts
Spotify
Overcast
PocketCasts
Radio Public
Stitcher
Anchor
RSS - Posts