health care costs
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Do you advise self-insured employers? You Can Help Us!
Take part in this survey and share some of the trends you are seeing among your clients across healthcare, including chronic conditions, behavioral health and navigation.
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The economics of high-cost specialty drugs, illustrated
Specialty drugs – the costly medications used to treat complex disease like cancer and Hepatitis […]
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15 healthcare startups that should be thankful for Obamacare
Last summer when we were still waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on the […]
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Pick up dry cleaning, buy shoes, get stitches: Freestanding ERs are convenient but costly
HUMBLE, Texas — When Lisa Boncler gashed the side of her head on the gate to her front yard, she immediately called her neighbor for a ride to the emergency room.
Toby Hamilton, CEO of Emerus, which runs freestanding ERs in Texas, stands between hi…
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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Kentucky scrambled (and stumbled) putting Medicaid members into managed care, has ‘scars to prove it’
GREENSBURG, Ky. — Kaden Stone loves playing baseball, riding his bike and watching Duck Dynasty on TV at his red-brick ranch-style house in rural south central Kentucky.
Despite his energy, the tiny boy of eight with a crewcut and missing front … -
Health IT, Hospitals, Startups
Website campaigns help raise funds to pay medical bills
Even with Stage IV lung cancer, there are moments when 32-year-old Chip Kennett feels blessed. Over the course of two weeks in April, those moments were many, as 325 friends and family members contributed $56,800 over the Internet to help defray his ou…
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Analysts: Another year of slowdown in the growth of healthcare cost signifies a trend
The cost of healthcare is still growing, but it’s growing at a rate that Pricewaterhouse […]
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Obamacare’s impact on insurance claim costs: FAQ on the latest study
It’s too early to know how much individual health insurance policies will cost once the online marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act launch Jan. 1. But that hasn’t stopped experts and interest groups from making predictions.
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Even in Canada, wealth influences treatment: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Poorer people have a harder time getting a doctor’s appointment in Canada, a new study suggests – even though the country’s universal health insurance pays doctors the same amount regardless of the type of patient they see….
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In conservative Arizona, government-run health care that works
As Congress debates an ambitious and far-reaching effort by the Obama administration to streamline medical care and rein in spending for the nation’s sickest and most expensive patients, Arizona – with its finger-wagging Republican governor and Tea Party enthusiasts – is occupying an unusual place in the national landscape: as a model for how a generously-funded, tightly regulated government program can aid vulnerable, low-income patients.