Does Hillary Clinton Have the Rx For Rising Health Costs?

Posted on September 26, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Policy, Out of Pocket Expenses, Prescription Drug Costs • Leave a comment

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Washington-Watch/ElectionCoverage/53738?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-26&eun=g885344d0r

She released two proposals this week aimed at curbing patients’ health spending

Bye-Bye Boehner: What Does It Mean for Medicine?

Posted on September 26, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Policy • Leave a comment

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Washington-Watch/Washington-Watch/53737?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-26&eun=g885344d0r

Speaker won points for SGR fix

You don’t know everything you should about ACOs. So here’s an Accountable Care primer

Posted on September 20, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, ACO, Health Policy, Health System, Hospital, Medical Group, Medicare Pioneer Program, Physician, Reform • Leave a comment

You don’t know everything you should about ACOs. So here’s an Accountable Care primer

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Hospital innovation centers think outside the box to solve healthcare’s biggest problems

Posted on September 18, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health System, Hospital, Innovation Centers, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/hospital-innovation-centers-think-outside-the-box-to-solve-healthcare-s-biggest-problems.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202015-09-18%20Healthcare%20Dive&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive

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Four Ways Obamacare Has Affected Health Insurance

Posted on September 18, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Insurance, Health Policy, Medicaid Expansion, Uninsured • Leave a comment

Cadillac tax in the crosshairs in bipartisan bill

Posted on September 18, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Cadillac Tax, Health Policy, Reform • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cadillac-tax-in-the-crosshairs-in-bipartisan-bill/405877/

Senators introduce bipartisan bill targeting ‘Cadillac Tax’

Clinics, tech, physician practices acquisitions to outpace hospital deals, Accenture report says

Posted on September 17, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health System, Hospital, M&A, Non Acute Care, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/clinics-tech-physician-practices-acquisitions-outpace-hospital-deals-accenture-report-says?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouv67AZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ITMdgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

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Accenture forecasts that only 8 percent of deals between 2015 and 2018 will be hospital related, while 84 percent will be for non-acute providers.

Old-School Health Plans Fading Away

Posted on September 16, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Data Analytics, Health Insurance Costs, Health Plans, High Deductible Health Plans, Medical Loss Ratio, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=316548##

A longtime standard-bearer of medical underwriting calls it quits and puts itself on the block. Its fatal flaw? Being out of sync with post-PPACA market realities.

Employers continue to launch worksite clinics despite ACA uncertainties – Mercer survey

Posted on September 15, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Employer Clinics, IRS Excise Tax • Leave a comment

http://www.mercer.com/newsroom/employers-continue-to-launch-worksite-clinics-despite-aca-uncertainties.html

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/survey-employers-adding-worksite-clinics-amid-cost-concerns/405354/

More plans act on private insurance exchanges

Posted on September 14, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Insurance Exchange, Online Enrollment, Online Payments, Private Health Insurance Exchanges, Reform • Leave a comment

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/more-plans-act-private-insurance-exchanges