A study in JAMA looks at a different method of risk prediction for reimbursement purposes.
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.
Dementia is a substantial and growing source of cost to the Medicare program.
A research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association discusses the incidence of traumatic injury among Medicare beneficiaries.
The 2019 Medicare Trustees’ report to Congress is just full of good news, if you are a deep in the bone pessimist who likes confirmation that the worst is just around the corner.
A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research explores consumer decision-making around health plan choice.
CMS releases an analysis of the first year of the Medicare Comprehensive Primary Care Plus demonstration.
Medicare is proposing to test some new payment approaches with providers.
A study in Health Services Research finds that number of diseases, but not length of time you have them, is strongly correlated with health spending.
Further summarization of MedPAC’s annual recommendations to Congress on Medicare.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issues its annual report to Congress, mostly regarding adequacy of reimbursement for various providers.
A Health Affairs article analyzes a dip in medical spending growth for the Medicare population from 1999 to 2012.