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- Change the channel: Health insurance exchanges expand choice and competition
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Change the channel: Health insurance exchanges expand choice and competition
Starting in 2014, insurers will compete head to head as health insurance exchanges open up consumer choice and a new $60 billion market.
- The new gold rush: Prospectors are hoping to mine opportunities from the health industry
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The new gold rush: Prospectors are hoping to mine opportunities from the health industry
PwC surveyed US consumers and found they would be willing to spend more than $13 billion a year of their own money on new services. It's the promise of those new products and services that is enticing more and more businesses to turn to the US health system as an opportunity for innovation, differentiation, and profits.
- Behind the numbers: Medical cost trends for 2012
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Behind the numbers: Medical cost trends for 2012
This year's report indicates that the medical cost trend is expected to increase from 8% in 2011 to 8.5% in 2012. An interesting blend of reactions to the recession, the slow recovery, health reform, and other variables are factored into the medical cost trend in 2012.
- Breakthroughs: The coordinated ED
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Breakthroughs: The coordinated ED
Dynamic health systems are maximizing the efficiency, throughput, and patient experience of today’s ED in a shrinking reimbursement environment. Hospitals and physicians are also envisioning how the ED fits into a coordinated care system, with appropriate care given at multiple access points.
- MoneyTree: A case for cautious optimism
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MoneyTree: A case for cautious optimism
Life sciences venture capital (VC) investment recovered in terms of dollar investments during the first quarter of 2011 with $1.4b going to 164 deals, according to the PwC/NVCA MoneyTree Report with data from Thomson Reuters.
- Stalking the ACO Unicorn
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Stalking the ACO Unicorn
PwC has released a brief to address the implications of the proposed regulations for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Included are key findings from the proposed Medicare regulations, an implementation timeline for the ACO program and frequently asked questions with corresponding answers.
- From courtship to marriage: A two-part series on physician-hospital alignment
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From courtship to marriage: A two-part series on physician-hospital alignment
The notion of independent physicians may be a myth because so-called independent physicians are becoming increasingly financially tethered to hospitals. In response to this trend, PwC released a two-part series on physician-hospital alignment.
- Putting patients into "meaningful use"
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Putting patients into "meaningful use"
In January 2011, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services issued the draft set of criteria for Stage 2, which sets higher standards for communicating health information to patients. Stage 2, which begins October 2012, requires hospitals to have at least 20% of their patient populations using PHRs. This represents a big leap from what hospitals have been preparing for over the past year.
- Report: Pharma 2020: Supplying the future
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Report: Pharma 2020: Supplying the future
Many pharmaceutical firms are trying to discover, develop and market medicines more efficiently, but they've invested relatively little effort in reconfiguring their manufacturing and distribution operations. Yet the supply chain is just as important; it's the link between the laboratory and the marketplace.
- MoneyTree: Taking a tumble
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MoneyTree: Taking a tumble
Life sciences venture capital (VC) investment fell steeply during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the PwC/NVCA MoneyTree Report with data from Thomson Reuters.
