What to expect in 2019
Here’s a brief summary of some leading thinkers thoughts about what to expect in 2019 in health. Have a health and happy New Year! Clevela...Read More
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FDA sets standards for Real-World Evidence
The 21st Century Cures Act , enacted December 2016, mandated that the FDA consider how to use real-world evidence (RWE) to bring innovative ...Read More
5 Reasons Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail – and How to Fix It
Every year, losing weight and getting in shape top the lists of most Americans’ New Year’s resolutions. Walk into any gym across the countr...Read More
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Start 2019 Off On The Right Foot With A New Year’s Day Hike
New Year’s Resolutions date back some 4,000 years, to the ancient Babylonians, who for their New Year (which began in mid-March), used the ...Read More
Blue Connect Helps You Navigate Your Health Care Plan
Health is so important, it’s no surprise that there are more than 97,000 apps in the marketplace related to health and fitness — and t...Read More
How to Manage Stress During the Holidays and Beyond
For some, the holiday season is about spending time with family and friends, rest, relaxation. But if you’re like many Americans, the reali...Read More
2018 Demographic Trends
Continuing my series highlighting key trends from 2018, I summarize a post from Aviva Rutkin of The Conversation identifying key demographi...Read More
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Metro City Hospital & Critical Care Centre
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Dr. Muthu's Hospital
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Umakant Eye Hospital
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Is the hospital readmissions reduction program bad for patients?
The answer is ‘perhaps’ according to a new paper by Wadhera et al. (2018) . They use data from 2005 to 2015, and apply an inverse probabilit...Read More
2018 Feel Good Health Stories
25 million doses of a new cholera vaccine were administered globally, and preparations began for the largest vaccination drive in history. ...Read More
What were the top health questions of 2018?
This list is according to Google searches, as reported by CNN : What is the keto diet? What is ALS disease? What is endometriosis? How ...Read More
Can legalizing marijuana save lives?
In recent years, a number of states have legalized medical marijuana. While marijuana may not be good for you, can it be used as a substitut...Read More
Share Your Holiday with Families in Need
For many of us, the holidays slow everything down. They bring time with family, a fire in the fireplace, laughter, and festive music on the...Read More
Passing Rebates Back to Customers to Lower Drug Costs
Over the past five years, drug costs as a percent of total health care dollars have increased 30 percent. These increases have caused pres...Read More
Pay your premium: Make sure your coverage starts January 1
Now that you’ve enrolled in 2019 Marketplace insurance, you must pay your monthly premium for your coverage to start. You pay your premiums...Read More
Value of Unpaid Work and Leisure time
Oftentimes, cost effectiveness analyses of new treatments measure health benefits less medical costs. However, getting treatment often invo...Read More
Sensory Friendly Nutcracker Spreads Holiday Cheer For All
Every parent has been there. The kids are fussy and they won’t sit still. Suddenly, they discover the sound of their own voice in a store ...Read More
Complacency Slows Aggressive Approaches to Health Care Cost Containment: A View from Three Markets
Consolidation among hospitals and physician practices is driving a steady rise in health care costs. Employers who purchase insurance and th...Read More
How accurate are budget impact models at the national level?
That is the question of interest of a new study by Snider et al. (2018) in Value in Health . The authors use six reviews by the Institute ...Read More
Is Medicare delivering consistent messages to hospitals on quality?
An interesting descriptive analysis by Meddings et al. (2018) finds that CMS is delivering somewhat different messages on quality based on ...Read More
Texas Court Ruling Throws Future of ACA’s Pre-existing Condition Protections, Coverage Gains into Doubt
A district court judge in Texas has issued a ruling that could throw close to one-fifth of the U.S. economy into chaos and upend health care...Read More
New Year’s resolutions? How about December resolutions!
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution: Don’t wait until the new year to start living healthier. Start now! Heading into the holiday season is th...Read More
State Insurance Department Consumer Alerts on Short-Term Plans Come Up Short
Open Enrollment for 2019 has ended in most states, but consumers are sure to be bombarded with sales pitches for alternative insurance produ...Read More
Holiday HWR
Peggy Salvatore has posted Have a Holly, Jolly Health Wonk Holiday from Health Wonk Review at Health System Ed Blog . Check it out! ...Read More
2019 Open Enrollment is over, but you may still have options
If you missed the Open Enrollment deadline and didn’t enroll in 2019 Marketplace health insurance, you may still be able to get coverage for...Read More
The end of Obamacare?
As reported in NPR : A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling Friday declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, apparently setti...Read More
November Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
This November, we at CHIR celebrated Thanksgiving with a Research Buffet. CHIR's Olivia Hoppe digs into research that looks at issues in...Read More
What evidence does NHS need for reimbursement of digital health technologies?
This week, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released a document titled Ev...Read More
ACA Individual Market and State Re-insurance programs
A number of states have re-insurance programs to support the Affordable Care Act (i.e., Obamacare) marketplaces in the individual and small ...Read More
Health Wonk Review for December 12, 2018
‘Tis the season of giving – and Peggy Salvatore has come bearing gifts (nine of them in the form of blog posts, to be exact) as she hosts th...Read More
How good is your mental health care? Depends where you live
Access to physician services and pharmaceuticals is vital–particularly among patients with serious mental illness–to insure patients receive...Read More
Our Registered Nurses Help Find Solutions For You
If you have a complex health challenge, you know how hard it can be. You might be juggling visits with three or four different doctors. You...Read More
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