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AHIP White Paper: Accountable Care Organizations and Market Power Issues

In an effort to assist policymakers, regulators, providers, health plans, and others in considering the rules and regulations that are being formulated for ACOs, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)...

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Health Care Costs – The Washington Post Sounds the Alarm About Self-Referral...

Today’s Washington Post highlights the increasing number of physician self-referral facilities and conflict of interest issues and the potential for higher costs and unnecessarily exposing patients to...

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AHIP White Paper Focuses on Patients and Diagnostic Imaging

There has been much focus in the past week on patient safety and improving the quality of care that patients receive at all points of care.  One area that is receiving a lot of important attention is...

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The Incidentaloma — What Is It and Why It’s Important

Over at US News & World Report health blog “Healthcare Headaches”, Dr. Kenny Lin writes about the issue of incidentaloma: “…the term that doctors use for incidental findings that could be (but...

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Health Plans and Providers Partnering to Advance Accountable Care

Health Plans and Providers Partnering to Advance Accountable Care New AHIP Article in Health Affairs Examines Private-Sector Accountable Care Models AHIP Announces Oct. 18 Summit on Shared...

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New Medigap White Paper Evaluates Likely Effects of a Ban on 1st Dollar...

With the Super Committee focused on various ways to save money, one issue that has received a lot of attention is Medigap.  In order to provide more background on Medigap and the potential impact of...

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New Study Examines Why Patients May Be Getting Unnecessary Stress Tests

Reuters reports on a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association examining the number of “stress tests” heart patients receive from doctor’s who own imaging equipment.  According to...

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Robert Samuelson: “Controlling Spending on Medical Advances Isn’t Easy”

An op-ed in the Washington Post by Robert Samuelson focuses on how advances in medical technology, while groundbreaking in terms of patient care, are also prone to misuse and overuse, driving health...

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Issue Brief: Extending Open Enrollment Will Lead to Adverse Selection

In the 1990s, several states enacted insurance market reforms without achieving broad participation and it failed. Premiums increased dramatically, consumers and employers had fewer coverage choices,...

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High-Performance Provider Networks: Ensuring Affordable, High-Value Health Care

Health care costs continue to rise at a rate that is unsustainable and unaffordable for consumers. To help preserve affordability and high-value health care for consumers and employers, health plans...

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New Report Highlights Health Plans’ Commitment to Health Literacy

A new report by AHIP looks at the health literacy programs of 30 member companies and describes their commitment to providing consumers with information on their health and benefits that can be easily...

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New Issue Brief: Strategies and Policy Recommendations for Addressing...

As we noted in our blog post yesterday, experts project that “spending on specialty drugs is expected to skyrocket over the next decade and beyond.” A new issue brief from AHIP outlines how health...

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