Roper Industries, which has a growing health care line of business, has acquired Strata Decision Technology, which offers data analytics software to hospitals.
Another headsmacker. The Commonwealth Fund, which unfortunately has a tendency to confuse ideology and research, has determined that for rate increases required to be filed for review under the reform law; i.e. those over 10%, medical costs were the primary cause for the requested increase. Really, you don't say.
According to research in Health Affairs, Medicare's quality reporting system for hospitals may have led to lower price increases for coronary artery bypass graft and percutaneous coronary intervention.
Here's a shock, if you pay physicians more, they will see more Medicaid patients, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Now what is going to happen when the extra Medicaid payments expire?
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.