April 22, 2009 in Carnivals | No comments
The latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at My Wealth Builder. My favorites are:
Tags: CoR
September 9, 2010 in Econometrics
Risk adjustment is important for many aspects of health care. Medicare uses risk adjustment to modify payments to Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans based on the health of the beneficiaries they cover. Private insurance companies can use risk adjustment to fine-tune capitation payments to physicians or determine a potential enrollee’s premium. Providers can use risk [...]
September 8, 2010 in Carnivals
The 113rd edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at David Williams’ Health Business Blog.
September 8, 2010 in Current Events
Bribery=FFS?
Retiree insurance program.
Cost shifting.
A real clunker.
“Poverty is a business.”
Unintended consequences of alcohol and cigarette taxes.
600.
September 7, 2010 in Uncategorized
Today I’ll be talking about healthcare in Australia. Australia a rich country with 21.2 million residents, has the sixth highest life expectancy of any country in the world. The review of the Australian healthcare system is based on the Australia’s Health 2008 report. Unless otherwise noted, all dollar figures reference are in Australian dollars ($1 [...]
September 6, 2010 in Health Insurance
Sticky wages is the concept that few employees will agree to a nominal decrease in wages even if there is a decrease in productivity. However, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that although nominal wages may not be decreasing, the amount of money workers are paying for health insurance is rising quickly (full report).
“Workers on average [...]
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