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.