We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog for something a little less serious.
A Medical Economics survey covers a variety of characteristics of physician practices.
A Milliman report examines cancer care costs, finding that spending increases are largely driven by higher usage of hospital outpatient settings for chemotherapy.
Willis Towers Watson issues a 2016 Global Medical Trends Report.
Another report using data from the Health Care Cost Institute finds wide geographic variation in payments for the same services.
The latest data from the National Venture Capital Association indicates a slowing but not dead funding environment.
A policy brief from the National Center for Policy Analysis argues that high US health spending is reflective of a strong economy and is an asset, not a burden to our country.
Work released by the Healthcare Association of New York State illustrates the burden quality measure reporting places on providers and recommending changes.
A Kaiser Family Foundation brief demonstrates how much health care cost-sharing has increased for workers.
A survey of around 1000 physicians supports previous findings that they are generally unhappy with the reform law and with life in medicine.
A McKinsey Report describes the current status of the new wave of provider-owned health plans.
A paper from the National Bureau of Economics reveals, not surprisingly, that physicians respond to economic incentives in choosing treatments.
Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that hospital star ratings and some patient outcomes appear correlated.
Widespread use of electronic medical records has been heavily promoted and incented as a revolution in health care quality, but the reality is of course much different, according to a new study in JAMIA.
A Health Affairs study provides interesting insight on how the public looks at evidence-based medicine.