By Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL Curious about the progress of the Medicare Star Rating System? Three new lists have been posted on healthsprocket looking at the ratings by their enrollment. First you can see the Total 2013 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment by Medicare Star Rating.

By Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL

Healthsprocket is a great way to keep up with all the latest polls and surveys. As you scroll through lists from any category you will find many that are based on surveys. One such list was posted this week: 5 Actions Small Business Owners Have Taken in Response to the Affordable Care Act.

By Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

By Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released data that included hospital-specific charges for the more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payments for the top 100 most frequently billed discharges. The data shows wide variations in what hospitals charge.
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
Don't forget that beyond just providing the latest trends, data and opinions on healthcare, healthsprocket is essentially a micro blogging site (like twitter) where you can share your opinions and research findings. Every list you post has its own unique URL which you can send out to your social media followers or post to your website.
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL

Healthsprocket has occasionally featured lists based on data from MCOL ePolls. The Topics have ranged from, accountable care to predictive modeling. Currently MCOL and Payers and Providers are sponsoring an ePoll on the successes and problems of various provisions of the Affordable Care Act. We would like to encourage all healthsprocket followers to participate in this ePoll to be part of a future list.

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
This week, a list was posted on healthsprocket that contained the 2014 Statutory Updates to The Defined Standard Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit Plan. If this is a topic you're interested in, be sure to check out MedicareHMO. Not only does it have a glossary, fact sheet, a newsletter and other resources, it has all the lists from healthsprocket pertaining to Medicare Advantage.