A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that some hospitals profit from complications, receiving more revenue, even though in at least some cases the complications…
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The latest salvo in the hospital pricing war is found in the American Journal of Managed Care, which reveals significant above general inflation increases in the costs of hospital services.
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While hospitalizations have dropped on a per capita basis in recent years, hospital spending remains the single largest bucket of overall health care costs. An Agency for Healthcare Research and…
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Nursing home residents have some of the highest health care costs and often have frequent hospitalizations. An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality brief looks at characteristics of these hospitalizations.
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A study in the American Journal of Managed Care looks at the effect on hospital utilization for patients who were care for in one of the country's leading concierge practices.
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Actuarial consultants Alvarez & Marsal issue a brief summarizing increasing issues with cost increases caused by hospital acquisition of physician practices and other outpatient services.
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One of the biggest problems with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' hospital readmissions program is that it likely unfairly and disproportionately hurts hospitals which treat larger numbers of…
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Another extensive research paper details the effects of provider consolidation and consequent market power on the health care industry in the United States, and specifically on the growth of health…
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Research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that a hospital pay-for-performance program in part of England may have led to reduced mortality for three conditions, with pneumonia…
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Thank God the election is finally over, but our Potpourri is never-ending, this week bringing you the latest on why comparative effectiveness research results don't translate to practice, innovations to…
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The Dartmouth Atlas project has made its name by studying regional variations in health care utilization, spending and quality, with a core finding that substantial variation exists which does not…
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Research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program of not paying for certain hospital acquired infections is not working,…
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Another luminescent Potpourri, focusing on the ACA's high-risk pool plan; controlling health spending in Massachusetts; what components of EHRs and HIEs may control costs; another survey of employers and dealing…
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