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One-third of U.S. employers plan to move their workers’ health-care coverage to a private exchange in the next few years, a survey found, following the le

Health spending in the U.S. is expected to increase more than 6 percent this year and 6.2 percent annually from 2015-2022 as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes full effect and millions of Americans gain insurance, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Under Obamacare, companies that don’t offer coverage for their employees will be fined $2,000 per employee. Employers spend $6,000 per employee on average, so d

In 2012, 28% of large U.S. employers hosted on-site medical clinics, and 39% will have them by 2014, a Towers Watson survey found. The figure in 2011 was 23%.

Consultants and health-care providers are advising employers to add chronic-disease management—from regular blood and glucose tests to nutrition and lifestyle coaching—to their clinic

The costs of the 340B program exist of course.  They are initially imposed on insurance companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers.  But, the costs are not confined to just these industries.  The costs created by the 340B program are ultimately integrated into the overall health care system and are manifested through rising insurance premiums, declining insurance coverage, declining innovation and productivity (especially for pharmaceutical drugs), and higher medical costs in unrelated segments of the health care system.  Perhaps more troubling, the added noise created by the 340B cost shifting worsens the overall functionality of the U.S. health care system

“You lie!” in the middle of the president’s reassurances that unauthorized immigrants to the U.S. wouldn’t receive health benefits. It also included these fateful words: “The plan I’m proposing will cost around $900 billion over 10 years—less than we have spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and less than the tax cuts for the wealthiest few Americans that Congress passed at the beginning of the previous administration.”

But the ACA does little to address fragmentation, quality of care, and the sustainability of the financial model for U.S. health care — ho

At the foundation of our approach is a knowledge-management system — an electronic archive of Mayo Clinic-vetted knowledge containing evidence-based protocols, order sets, alerts and care process models

It is alarming to see more than a two-fold variation in health care quality across the country.