“The Third Rail of Payment Reform”–Tackling Wide Variations in How Much...
Why do some hospitals and doctors charge far more than others for exactly the same routine procedure? “Because they can; it’s not any more sophisticated than that,” says Gerard Anderson, director of...
View ArticleHealth Wonk Review –Waste, Warnings and the Future
Last week I hosted Health Wonk Review for HIO. This round-up of some of the health care posts published over the past two weeks includes: – A piece by Managed Care Matter’s Joe Paduda that takes a...
View ArticleMedicare Fraud and For-Profit Hospitals- A Story That Never Ends
Sunday, CBS’ Sixty Minutes took a close look at Health Management Associates (HMA) a for-profit hospital chain that, according to its employees, has “relentlessly pressured its doctors to admit more...
View ArticleA New IOM Report Reveals Why Medicare Costs So Much (Hint–It’s Not Just the...
George W. Bush is 67. Chances are Medicare paid for the stent operation that I describe in the post above. For years, medical researchers have been telling us that this procedure will provide no...
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