The second annual report by the Massachusetts AG on health care spending trends continues to find that provider market power is a major factor and that using a risk-based payment methodology does not reduce payment variation or lower medical spending or utilization.
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Another scintillating menu of health care tidbits, including provider reaction to the proposed Accountable Care Organization rule; end-of-life care in the US and Canada; hospital volume and outcomes for difficult surgeries; hospital marketing of robotic surgery; and cutting lab test costs.