Comments for Care And Cost http://careandcost.com Top Original and Republished Health Care Writing From Around The Web Thu, 23 May 2013 14:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Physicians, Health Systems and the Drive For Market Dominance by Physicians, Health Systems and the Driver for Market Dominance | The Doctor Weighs In http://careandcost.com/2013/05/23/physicians-health-systems-and-the-drive-for-market-dominance/#comment-7037 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:37:24 +0000 http://careandcost.com/?p=8911#comment-7037 […] Brian Klepper […]

]]> Comment on Physicians, Health Systems and the Drive For Market Dominance by Brad F http://careandcost.com/2013/05/23/physicians-health-systems-and-the-drive-for-market-dominance/#comment-7035 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:37 +0000 http://careandcost.com/?p=8911#comment-7035 Brian
The survey structure you cite, and I question myself, must define “generate revenue” carefully. You can account for utilization in many ways, and I suspect elective vs emergency admits (see data out this week) impacts bottom line significantly. Who does what and where, and under what circumstances difficult to parse. I doubt a CFO survey captures all of this fully.

Brad

]]> Comment on Demanding More From Medical Homes by Seriously Testing The ACO Waters | WeCareTLC, LLC. - Newsletter http://careandcost.com/2012/09/11/demanding-more-from-medical-homes/#comment-7008 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:23:37 +0000 http://careandcost.com/?p=8770#comment-7008 […] As it turns out, many of our solutions are wholly inadequate. One current mythology is that primary care, constituted in an advanced medical home, will significantly drive down costs. So far, though, there’s little or no data to support this. […]

]]> Comment on Why Medical Management Will Re-Emerge by Seriously Testing The ACO Waters | WeCareTLC, LLC. - Newsletter http://careandcost.com/2012/07/31/why-medical-management-will-re-emerge/#comment-7007 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:23:35 +0000 http://careandcost.com/?p=8752#comment-7007 […] of the charge masters that Steven Brill described in his recent Time article. There is the exorbitant unit pricing of drugs and labs that health plans impose. The unnecessary utilization of stents, or the fact that, according to […]

]]> Comment on Walmart Moves Health Care Forward Again by Using Strong Carrots and Sticks To Drive Health Care That Works | WeCareTLC, LLC. - Newsletter http://careandcost.com/2012/10/12/walmart-moves-health-care-forward-agai/#comment-7006 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:17:32 +0000 http://careandcost.com/?p=8790#comment-7006 […] year, Walmart contracted for heart, spine and transplant surgeries with six Center of Excellence health sy…. These organizations use salaried specialists who are more likely to diagnose and treat correctly […]

]]> Comment on Using Strong Carrots and Sticks To Drive Health Care That Works by Blane Bachan http://careandcost.com/2013/05/09/driving-health-care-that-works-with-strong-carrots-and-sticks/#comment-7000 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:37:37 +0000 http://careandcost.com/?p=8895#comment-7000 What is a medical home?

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