The 2016 Medicare Trustees Report paints a grim picture of the funding status for Medicare benefits.
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A grand list of researchers evaluate the first two years of Medicare's comprehensive primary care initiative.
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The New England Journal of Medicine carries an analysis of early Medicare ACO results.
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A Government Accounting Office report finds serious shortcomings in the Medicare appeals process.
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MedPAC's annual report to Congress recommends that many provider types not receive payment increases and contains other useful data on the Medicare program.
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Medicare Advantage plans have lower rates of hospitalization than does the fee-for-service Medicare program, likely suggesting inefficiency in the FFS branch.
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Not many physician groups achieved extra payments in the first year of CMS' value-based purchasing program.
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Today we continue the evaluation of the NBER paper on Medicare and private health plan geographic spending variation, with the focus on hospitals role in that variation.
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As a companion article to yesterday's post, the Forum for Health Economics and Policy describes trends in Medicare beneficiaries well-being and financial status, which can affect their health needs.
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An article in the Forum for Health Economics & Policy projects health status and spending for Medicare beneficiaries looking forward to 2030.
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A Statistical Brief from AHRQ compares hospitalizations in fee-for-service Medicare and in Medicare Advantage plans.
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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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