From Health Reform Weekly: Legislative updates from Aetna Public Affairs Week of June 30, 2014 More expert analysis has emerged forecasting a return to accelerating health care cost increases. After five years of relatively flat growth in U.S. health care costs, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute is now projecting that health costs in 2015 will accelerate by 6.8 percent, up from the 6.5 percent growth rate forecast for 2014. An improving economy and shopping for health care through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges may be contributing to the rise in costs. But other factors are holding back the acceleration from gaining even more traction, the report notes. Increasing efficiency across the industry, increased use of standardized processes, “at-risk” accountable care payment models beginning to have more impact, and major purchasers demanding greater value are all having an impact on costs.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:00:26 +0000
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