Archive for Research
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Recent Forbes Article on Price Transparency
So, the pricing your employees get for healthcare services may not be quite as clear as the windows shown here, but this is one of the biggest issues consumers of healthcare face -the lack of price transparency. Employers have tried their best to make it easier for employees to understand pricing,...
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Towers Watson Survey
More data - Towers Watson published their 2012 Onsite Health Center Survey Report and, of course, it provides some great stats and an up-to-date overview of onsite care and employer attitudes, costs, etc. The primary reason cited for opening an on-site clinic remains increased productivity (62...
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2012 Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Survey
Mercer released the results of their annual survey in November of last year, so we apologize for getting the word out to you late (many of you have probably already read it). The press release leads off with some amazing data including the fact that overall employers were able to hold the annu...
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NBGH Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care
The results of the annual National Business Group on Health employer survey have been recently released. This 18th survey performed by NBGH in association with Towers Watson reflected some interesting data. First, the expected total average healthcare expense for employees will be about $12,100 ...
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Choosing Wisely Update
We have posted articles on the Choosing Wisely campaign in the past. This article will give you a link to the latest additions to the lists of tests and treatments which various specialty medical societies have added to the work previously done to help patients and physicians make treatment deci...
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Commonwealth Fund Scorecard
The Commonwealth Fund is focused on developing a "high performance health system." Toward that goal, they have conducted studies, awarded grants for research, published significant articles, etc. The one we want to point you all toward is their "Rising to the Challenge: Results from a Scor...
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New Links, New Resources
We found two new resources for on-site clinic physicians and managers that we wanted to bring to your attention. New links for them are now on our opening page. The first is a link to the Cochrane Library. This is a huge resource of abstracts, reviews, podcasts, etc. on medical research by to...
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New Link – ConsumerHealthChoices
We have begun receiving the newsletter for ConsumerHealthChoices (see our earlier posts on Choosing Wisely and the Healthcare Blue Book) and are very impressed with the content. It is called "Consumer Reports Health Impact,...
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Report Links Lower Healthcare Costs with After Hours Access
A study reported in the Annals of Family Medicine (Vol 10, No. 5 September/October, 2012 pages 388-395) links reduced overall health care expenditures with access to extended office hours in the primary care office. The study, conducted by members of the Department of Family and Community Medicine...
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Consumer Reports Bluebook on Healthcare Pricing
You and your employees may benefit from accessing this information. Consumer Reports, in association with many other reputable sources, has compiled a "bluebook" for healthcare pricing. The data they have compiled can be searched by zip code and type of service to find the average fee accepted...
