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Jan 15 2013

hosp pay

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A hospital in California is suing to try and stop employees from working to get a cap on executive compensation at the hospital. Controlling non-profit hospital executive pay is long overdue.

Jan 12 2013

nev exc

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Nevada health insurance exchange will only charge insurers fees of 1.7% of premiums compared to the 3.5% fee the federally operated exchanges are going to charge, but this still a significant amount of additional money that consumers are going to pay.

Jan 11 2013

md hosp

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health Affairs has research indicating that a hospital pay-for-performance program in Maryland achieved improvements in quality and reduced hospital-acquired infections.

Jan 11 2013

welsh

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Welsh Carson, a large venture and private equity firm, has acquired GetWellNetwork, a provider of information services at patients’ bedsides in hospitals.

Jan 11 2013

qliance

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Qliance, which operates retainer-model clinics, has received an additional $8.6 million in funding, with the lead coming from a group associated with health plan company Regence.

Jan 10 2013

intl

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Yet another report suggests US health care is not up to the standard set by other developed nations, but doesn’t adjust for difference in sociodemographics and other factors in the US.

Jan 10 2013

satis

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Concerns are being raised that the new focus on patient satisfaction measures in reimbursement formulas will have unintended consequences such as higher inappropriate spending.

Jan 10 2013

retail clinics

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new Harris Interactive Poll indicates that retail clinics continue to gain popularity with Americans, with 27% of adults saying they have used one for care in the last two years.

Jan 10 2013

guidelines

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A Perspective in JAMA discusses how to decide if a particular treatment guideline is trustworthy, which implicitly suggests that many guidelines are not.

Jan 09 2013

screening

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare is spending over $1 billion for breast cancer screening, with substantial geographic variation and little evidence of better health outcomes.