From my home state of Minnesota comes a report revealing the shocking fact that people with chronic conditions have high health spending, doh!!
A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the relationship between physician training and practice variation.
An Avalere analysis confirms that CMS’ Medicare Advantage risk adjustment formulas don’t accurately pay for seriously ill patients.
Medicare’s quality improvement programs may have a disproportionately negative impact on teaching hospitals.
2016 has started out with a thud in the equity markets and that may reflect what is happening in our economy. Health care costs play a role.
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes high-cost patients across payer types.
Research in the New England Journal of Medicine examines characteristics of doctors who are likely to have malpractice claims.
Year-end venture capital activity reports from the NVCA indicate a slowing, one that likely worsened in first quarter 2016.
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association compares data across seven developed countries regarding care for cancer patients who are dying.
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office contain health spending information that is more than a little frightening.