Mental Care Utilization Poised to be Key Driver of Health Spending Next Year
PwC in a new analysis suggests utilization of mental care services will be a key driver of health spending next [...]
Study: Zero Co-Pay Program Reduced Health Spending by 18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana's (BCBSLA) Zero Dollar Co-pay (ZDC) program cut total, per-month health care spending by 18 [...]
Going Below the Surface Highlights Health Spending
Going Below the Surface, a National Pharmaceutical Council initiative launched in 2018, in a recent newsletter highlights health care spending [...]
Total Health Spending Reached $3.1 Trillion Between 1996-2016, Study Suggests
Total health care spending rose from roughly $1.4 trillion in 1996 to about $3.1 trillion in 2016, a recent study [...]
Blog Post Highlights Tool for Tracking Low-Value Care Spending
A recent PhRMA blog post highlights a new web-based tool by the Research Consortium for Health Care Value Assessment that [...]
Social Determinants of Health: When Health Care is More Than Just Medicine
CMS projects that national health spending in the United States (US) will reach almost $6 trillion by 2027. Can a focus on social risk improve health and moderate skyrocketing costs?
PhRMA: HCCI Report ‘Overestimates Medicine Spending and Pricing’
The Health Care Cost Institute's (HCCI) recent report on health spending "overestimates medicine spending and pricing and mischaracterizes the true [...]
Blog Post: Making the Most of Our Health Care Dollars
A recent blog post on Going Below the Surface highlights a panel discussion during AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference that [...]
Webinar Spotlights Low-Value Care
A Jan. 15 webinar hosted by the Going Below the Surface Forum, in partnership with AcademyHealth and the National Pharmaceutical [...]
Frakt Outlines Major Study on Health Spending
Austin Frakt in a recent article highlights some of the key findings in a study published Monday, Jan. 6, in [...]
Health Analyst: U.S. Health System Deeply Flawed
While the U.S. health care system is "admirable" in a number of ways, including key innovations in medicines and procedures, [...]
