Research carried in JAMA reviews the effect of limiting drug rep interactions with physicians on prescriptions.
A study sponsored by the Health Care Cost Institute and published in Health Affairs looks at variation in prices paid by commercial health plans.
Research carried in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests giving physicians price information doesn’t change what they order.
Another study confirms that the CMS hospital readmission program is poorly designed and isn’t accomplishing squat.
A Kaiser survey compares views on end-of-life care in several countries.
An AHRQ brief examines the effect of the reform law’s Medicaid expansion on enrollment in employment-based insurance plans.
An analysis published in Health Affairs finds substantial turnover in physicians and beneficiaries in accountable care organizations.
A report sponsored by several academic and think tank organizations examines whether more competition would help reduce health spending.
A General Accounting Office report focuses on barriers to greater use of telemedicine in federal programs.
Hospital-associated primary care practices deliver more low-value care, according to research in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A MedPAC presentation confirms what we all know; provider consolidation raises prices and does nothing for quality.
An analysis in Health Affairs confirms that most people actually don’t need health insurance, because they have little health spending.
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses laws regarding surrounding surrogate decision-making in health care.
Work from MedPAC staff updates geographic variation in Medicare spending analyses.
An analysis by the MedPAC staff finds Medicare pays for a fair amount of low-value care.