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As a small portion of the population accounts for a significant share of healthcare spending, many efforts to reduce costs focus on this group of “high utilizers.” The thought is that, while much of their spending is likely unavoidable, this …
A panel of experts convened by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) recently released a report addressing the issue of limited competition in private healthcare markets in the U.S.
According to the NASI Panel on Pricing Power in Health …
In its latest report, Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost proposes a set of core measures intended to promote understanding and …
A new report from the Urban Institute examines how national health expenditures projections from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have changed in recent years as spending growth has slowed. The Urban analysis points out that the current …
Health spending is very concentrated among a small portion of the population, with 50% of spending focused on the top 5% of spenders in any one year.
With so much spending concentrated among a few very sick people, efforts to …
Although pharmaceutical spending growth has shown signs of picking back up in 2014, it had slowed considerably during the post-recession period (2009-2013) and was one of the primary contributors to the recent health spending slowdown, according to a recent Health …
The largest pharmacy benefits manager in the U.S. recently released its annual 2014 Drug Trend Report, indicating the biggest jump in prescription drug spending since 2003.
According to Express Scripts, prescription drug spending jumped 13.1% from 2013 to 2014. The …
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently announced a new Health Care Satellite Account (HCSA) that estimates spending and price growth by disease category (e.g. cancer, infectious disease). This approach differs from the official categorization of health spending by service …
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today a new strategy to transform the health delivery system, with a stated emphasis on quality and cost reduction.
The most significant change to come with the Secretary’s announcement will be …
In a newly released working paper, Brookings economist Louise Sheiner, examines the relationship between changes in the economy and growth in health spending.
Looking at national trends over time, the paper finds “a large income responsiveness for spending components that …