from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2lluhYO on February 28, 2017 at 02:35PM Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Toronto Institute of Technology (UOIT) is currently seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor in Health Economics. Review of applications will begin on […]
from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2mqdcC3 on February 28, 2017 at 02:35PM Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser The Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington is currently seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor (Research) in Health Economics. Review of applications will begin April 1, 2017 but the position […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2m4ov1T on February 28, 2017 at 01:40PM I started and stopped writing this post many times because it’s mostly whining. But, dammit, it’s a consumer’s right to whine, so here it is: in my experience (YMMV) — and that of many others I know — the health care system largely […]
from freeforall at http://bit.ly/2m4gKsI on February 28, 2017 at 11:45AM One of the possible plans for healthcare that is circulating in Washington is the House bill that leaked to Politico. Its coverage concept is to give all people who are uninsured an age based refundable tax credit. This will benefit, all else being equal, individuals […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2m4CZ1v on February 28, 2017 at 11:43AM Precision Health Economics (PHE) is an industry leader in helping define value in oncology, both in the U.S. and abroad.Learn about PHE’s groundbreaking studies that have helped define the value of new oncology drugs, and why a variety of global stakeholders […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2mBAd1A on February 28, 2017 at 11:13AM Republicans have been hard at work trying to put together a plan to repeal (and replace) Obamacare, but haven’t really given many details as to what a repeal and replace would look like. Recently, a draft House reconciliation bill, dated February […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2m4F5hR on February 28, 2017 at 10:26AM By STEVEN FINDLAY It’s still unclear whether Congress or the Trump administration will try to tackle the prescription drug price/cost issue this year. Amid ACA repeal and replace, and possible Medicaid and Medicare reform fights, it seems a stretch. In recent weeks, Trump has also […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2m4mrXv on February 28, 2017 at 10:13AM As Congress continues to argue over U.S. healthcare, perhaps we need to be asking new questions as we search for new solutions, because the way we pay now drives us to pay too much, for not enough, and often for things […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2lTdP3Y on February 28, 2017 at 09:53AM By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD There is a growing body of evidence that hospital mergers lead to higher prices for consumers, employers, insurance, and government. It is imperative to educate patients and lawmakers as to how the consolidation of hospitals and medical practices raise costs, decrease […]
from CEA Registry Team at http://bit.ly/2mARBUh on February 28, 2017 at 07:52AM This week we highlighted findings from recently published cost-effectiveness studies: Text message-based health intervention predicted to improve health and be cost-saving: Using text messages to send health-related advice, motivation, information, and support to patients with coronary heart disease is expected to promote better […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2mGV2b8 on February 28, 2017 at 07:42AM U.S. President Donald Trump recently admitted that solving the nation’s healthcare problems are …. complicated! Who knew right? Well, maybe a few people knew… Despite years of wanting to get rid of Obamacare, the Republicans never had a viable replacement plan. President […]
from Terry Flynn PhD at http://bit.ly/2m8OgP2 on February 28, 2017 at 07:38AM Sometimes you have to take a punt yourself….when you want something done properly you have to do it yourself…..and I have. Keep checking my WORK (tfchoices.com) website news/blog over the next 10 days…..the study I’m launching will either go nowhere or…..well, let’s just […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/2mGIhxc on February 28, 2017 at 06:53AM I like to think that despite being wealthier than most Americans, I remain immune to materialistic desires. I drive a 17-year-old Honda Accord and wouldn’t know designer clothes if you wrapped me in them, head to toe. But it turns out that I’m wrong. I’m […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/2mGYzpS on February 28, 2017 at 06:53AM A bicycle helmet prevented me from experiencing a major head injury. But did it promote the very behavior that caused me to crash my bike? It was autumn in Michigan, and I was riding my mountain bike along a lakeside pathway. I was heading towards […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2m8qjHs on February 28, 2017 at 06:53AM By ALYX STERNLICHT The fourth iteration of Digital Health Marketplace, sponsored by The New York City Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with Health 2.0, is underway! The Digital Health Marketplace connects health technology Buyers and Sellers through curated matchmaking, assistance to facilitate rapid technology adoption, […]
from feed/http://bit.ly/1sYYZLQ at http://bit.ly/2ljDq4b on February 28, 2017 at 05:34AM Educational Webinar: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making – Emerging Good Practices Tuesday, 28 February 2017 On Thursday 16th March, OHE’s Nancy Devlin will lead an educational webinar, in collaboration with Kevin Marsh and Praveen Thokala, on Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for […]
from http://www.irdes.fr at http://bit.ly/2lPpbre on February 28, 2017 at 05:26AM In France, access to health care greatly depends on having a Complementary Health Insurance coverage (CHI).
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2ljTrqJ on February 28, 2017 at 05:20AM There was a time when only economists worried about incentives, but as this great looking computer science course by Tim Roughgarden shows, that time is long past… CS 269I: Incentives in Computer Science Instructor: Tim Roughgarden (Office hours (note new time): Mondays 12:15-1:15 PM, Gates 474. […]
from OHE News at http://bit.ly/2ljDq4b on February 28, 2017 at 04:37AM Educational Webinar: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making – Emerging Good Practices Tuesday, 28 February 2017 On Thursday 16th March, OHE’s Nancy Devlin will lead an educational webinar, in collaboration with Kevin Marsh and Praveen Thokala, on Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis […]
from The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2mzyPfU on February 28, 2017 at 04:36AM Abstract In this paper we estimate health plan price elasticities and financial switching gains for consumers over a 20-year period in which managed competition was introduced in the Dutch health insurance market. The period is characterized by a major health […]
from News at http://bit.ly/2ljDq4b on February 28, 2017 at 03:18AM Educational Webinar: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making – Emerging Good Practices Tuesday, 28 February 2017 On Thursday 16th March, OHE’s Nancy Devlin will lead an educational webinar, in collaboration with Kevin Marsh and Praveen Thokala, on Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for […]
from The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2mzyPfU on February 28, 2017 at 03:12AM Abstract In this paper we estimate health plan price elasticities and financial switching gains for consumers over a 20-year period in which managed competition was introduced in the Dutch health insurance market. The period is characterized by a major health […]
from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2myOjks on February 27, 2017 at 10:25PM In 2001, the U.S. government released a rule that allowed states to “opt-out” of the federal requirement that a physician supervise the administration of anesthesia by a nurse anesthetist. To date, 17 states h…
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2my9vHp on February 27, 2017 at 05:21PM Consumer Reports‘ “Choosing Wisely” initiative aims to identify high-cost, low-value treatments that can often be avoided. One question remains is why do providers still offer these services? Do payer coverage policies or reimbursement rules affect these choices? A paper by Colla et al. (2017) […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2l61kET on February 27, 2017 at 01:02PM Multiple pharmaceutical companies have touted new cures for Hepatitis C over the past few years, however, the cures come at a very high cost. Patients, governments and insurers, among others, have found the costs to be unaffordable, while the industry has […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2lZjwj0 on February 27, 2017 at 12:29PM By GEORGE KALOGEROPOULOS Reports coming out of Washington suggest that Republicans may have bitten off more than they would like to chew with repealing & replacing the ACA, with a proliferation of proposals and no consensus on which to support, or how to get the 60 […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2m3Euh0 on February 27, 2017 at 11:04AM By CHELSEA POLANIECKI What do you do when your doctor says something serious, like, “Make an appointment with a Cardiac electrophysiologist stat” or “here is a prescription for some XYZ.” A what? And a whom?! “Oh, and you’ll need to get an MRI too.” Well, […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2lhfv5r on February 27, 2017 at 10:35AM By JIM PURCELL In 1891, Dr. Luther Gulick proposed a red triangle as the YMCA symbol. In his words, the equal sides of the triangle stood for “man’s essential unity– body, mind and spirit– each being a necessary and eternal part of man, being neither […]
from EuroQOL at http://bit.ly/2lYmt2X on February 27, 2017 at 08:02AM You are kindly invited to submit an abstract for this year’s EuroQol Scientific Plenary Meeting. Please download the call for abstracts here. Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is Thursday, 13th April 2017.
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2mCGRUD on February 27, 2017 at 07:01AM The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document on payor communications, in the final days of the Obama administration. Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications with Payers, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities – Questions and Answers, addresses two […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2lg5sgT on February 27, 2017 at 05:52AM The text of a draft bill to repeal and replace Obamacare leaked on Friday. Because the draft hews to principles that Republicans have outlined before, its basic contours aren’t that surprising. As I explained to Greg Sargent at the Washington Post: The emerging […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2lqQBkL on February 27, 2017 at 05:26AM “I hope to retire early, but if Obamacare is repealed, where would I get health insurance?” Erkan Baloglu asked me at a New Year’s Eve party. To attend graduate school, he immigrated to the U.S. from Turkey two decades ago and now searches […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2lqyifv on February 27, 2017 at 05:26AM The Donor sibling registry is a matching service to help identify half siblings of "donor conceived people," i.e. people who were conceived from donor sperm or eggs, and who may know only an anonymized donor number. If your numbers match, you might want to […]
from The Academic Health Economists’ Blo… at http://bit.ly/2mCixlS on February 27, 2017 at 04:00AM Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit our […]
from Brookings: Topics – Health at http://brook.gs/2m1N3sy on February 27, 2017 at 03:29AM Author Henry J. Aaron The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair Senior Fellow – Economic Studies Termites of political disagreement have already chewed through the first plank of the Trump health policy platform — the promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care […]
from Brookings: Topics – Health at http://brook.gs/2m1N3sy on February 27, 2017 at 03:17AM Author Henry J. Aaron The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair Senior Fellow – Economic Studies Termites of political disagreement have already chewed through the first plank of the Trump health policy platform — the promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care […]
from Health Care Policy and Marketplace … at http://bit.ly/2lM6lQg on February 26, 2017 at 11:52PM This is an op-ed that I authored in USA Today––two years ago. Wouldn’t change a word of it: Rethink ‘repeal and replace’: Column Robert Laszewski 7:29 PM ET January 14, 2015 Obey health care customers, not political orthodoxy, when proposing […]
from Health Economics and Decision Science Blog @ ScHARR at http://bit.ly/2muheGa on February 26, 2017 at 11:15PM NHS England is proposing to close down some specialist CHD services and concentrate activity on a small number of hospitals. Hospitals losing include Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust University […]
from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2loRwSp on February 26, 2017 at 05:30PM Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Dear All, As part of the Canadian Centre for Health Economics (CCHE) Friday Health Economics Series, we are pleased to welcome Stephen Peckham from the University of Kent this Friday […]
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2mkuZdY on February 26, 2017 at 04:30PM Obamacare replacement? My drug problem. Do ACOs reduce post acute care use? Eating with 4 ingredients. MD Anderson benches Watson? Patient = partner.
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