Happy 2020. We start the year with a look at health spending in my home state of Minnesota.
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Research carried by JAMA finds that certain hospitals end up getting paid more by Medicare for treating the same patients with the same condition than do other hospitals.
A report from Massachusetts looks at why health spending isn’t being better controlled despite the state’s intensive efforts at reduction.
A study in JAMA Network Open discusses trends in high and low-value cardiac testing in Medicare.
Oh boy, another bogus study on “waste” in our health system.
A study in Health Affairs looks at how greater price transparency might aid in value-based purchasing.
An Axios post gives a clear example of the abusive pricing of non-profit hospital systems.
A study in Health Services Research illustrates why it may not be a good idea to have physicians on the committees that determine their compensation.
A Journal of Health Economics study looks at health care expenditures in old age and near death.
A new study finds that using private health plans for Medicaid benefit provision improves quality but doesn’t lower spending.
A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research explores whether on a quality of outcomes basis, costs for health care treatment are actually declining.
An analysis from the Integrated Healthcare Association comparing provider network types finds that ACOs performed well in controlling costs.
A Rand Corporation report details payment differences for hospital services among private and public payers.
Payment facilitator InstaMed releases its ninth annual survey on trends in health care payments.
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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.
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