A Statistical Brief from AHRQ provides an all-payer look at what happens after patients are discharged from the hospital.
More evidence that hospital consolidation is fueling spending growth comes from a study published in the journal Inquiry.
Another misfire for CMS’ quality efforts, as one such program actually rewards low-quality hospitals.
A study in JAMA finds that small, generally rural hospitals, seem to provide generally similar surgical outcomes to more urban facilities.
Research in Health Affairs describes factors associated with hospital profitability.
Accenture publishes an article revealing that hospitals that create better patient experience of care have higher profit margins.
Work released by the Healthcare Association of New York State illustrates the burden quality measure reporting places on providers and recommending changes.
According to new research from the NBER, it is not just same market hospital mergers that can raise costs, but cross-market ones as well.
A brief from PWC finds that hospital mergers aren’t producing the claimed benefits and asks why.
Medicare Advantage plans have lower rates of hospitalization than does the fee-for-service Medicare program, likely suggesting inefficiency in the FFS branch.
A report from America’s Health Insurance Plans finds that commercial health plans often pay hospitals much more than Medicare for the same service.
Medicare’s quality improvement programs may have a disproportionately negative impact on teaching hospitals.
A Massachusetts report discusses hospital pricing in the state.
A paper published by NBER suggests that keeping patients in the hospital longer can improve outcomes.
Today we continue the evaluation of the NBER paper on Medicare and private health plan geographic spending variation, with the focus on hospitals role in that variation.