Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines early results from the Massachusetts Blue Cross plan's global budgeting program, finding very modest health spending reductions and small changes…
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AHRQ releases a Statistical Brief on Hospital-Acquired Conditions, which are a focus of quality improvement, including unreimbursed never events. The Brief details types of conditions across several payers, including Medicare.
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A mid-summer's evening (or weekend) Potpourri, but no heated discussion here, just soothing nuggets of knowledge, including use and misuse of PCI, how to measure blood pressure, CMS and telemedicine,…
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Our current Potpourri features Google's dropping of its PHR, the AMA's report on insurer claims paying, the role of health advocacy groups, employer's intentions in regard to offering health coverage,…
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Deloitte issues the results of a global and a United States consumer survey on perceptions of health and health care system. Most Americans have a gloomy outlook, but so do…
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Two articles describe in detail how Britain's NICE operates in creating guidelines and conducting cost-effectiveness reviews. The process is highly transparent and professional, and while the institution has taken criticism…
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Health literacy is the degree to which a patient can understand and use health-related information to help make decisions about his or her care. A report from AHRQ reviews the…
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Provider performance reporting is spreading rapidly and increasingly has payment consequences attached to it. New research published in JAMA gives further reason to be cautious in designing and implementing these…
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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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