An MGMA survey and an article based on the survey provide a look at where physician employment and compensation is headed. Hospitals look to be extending their power and leverage.
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Research reported in JAMA suggests that while lengths of stay and in-hospital deaths for heart failure patients covered by Medicare have fallen, readmissions and out-of-hospital deaths are up. While the…
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Hospital readmissions are one area of health spending being studied intensively to identify causes and possible solutions to inappropriate or avoidable rehospitalizations. A California agency issued a report on readmissions…
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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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