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Health News From KHN- GAO Report Points To Challenges In Setting Up Federal Health Insurance Marketplaces June 19, 2013
- Health Law Provisions To Expand Kids' Dental Coverage May Fall Short, Advocates Say June 19, 2013
- GAO: Smooth And Timely Launch Of Health Exchanges Unsure June 19, 2013
- 'Get Covered America' Campaign Launched By Nonproft Group June 19, 2013
- State Highlights: Ark. AG Asks State Supreme Court To Uphold J&J Fine; N.Y. Abortion Measure To Get Separate Vote June 19, 2013
- Report: Improper Prescription Drug Use Drives Up Cost Of Care June 19, 2013
- AMA: Obesity Is A Disease June 19, 2013
- CBO Finds Immigration Bill Would Save Gov't. Money June 19, 2013
- House Passes Ban On Abortion After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy June 19, 2013
- Senate Finance Committee Examines Health Care Prices; Steven Brill Testifies June 19, 2013
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Tag Archives: Health Care Cost
Using Strong Carrots and Sticks To Drive Health Care That Works
Brian Klepper Posted 5/09/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog On a recent call with a large manufacturer, my company’s team expected to describe how we develop primary care medical homes that become platforms for managing comprehensive health care clinical and financial … Continue reading
When Employers Get Serious About Managing Health Care Risk
Brian Klepper Posted 4/07/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Last week I visited with Gary Rost, an unassumingly knowledgeable man and the Executive Director of the Savannah Business Group (SBG), arguably one of the most effective health care coalitions … Continue reading
Them, Not Us
Brian Klepper Posted 1/7/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog “How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenue in half? That’s why the healthcare system won’t change the healthcare system.” Rick Scott, Governor of Florida Former … Continue reading
When Employers Collaborate To Manage Health Care Costs
Brian Klepper Published 12/09/12 in the Eau Claire, WI Leader-Telegram Note from Brian: This piece appeared last weekend in the Eau Claire, WI newspaper, and was written with the encouragement of employers in that community who, rightly, believe they’ve been … Continue reading
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Will the Bubble Burst?
Brian Klepper Posted 8/19/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog My recent 3-hour outpatient prostate biopsy generated nearly $25,000 in charges. My health plan will probably settle for four to five thousand dollars – this is the real market value – … Continue reading
Why US Health Costs are Higher Than Anywhere Else in the World
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Health Populi The price of physician services, proliferation of clinical technology and the cost of obesity are the key drivers of higher health spending in the U.S., according to The Commonwealth Fund‘s latest analysis in their Issues of International Health … Continue reading
How Health Consumers Think About Cost and Quality
Nick Vailas Posted 4/24/12 on Healthcare Transparency Now Recent focus groups conducted as part of a study funded by a federal agency reported the following: People are loathe to make cost and resource use a consideration in choosing health care providers and … Continue reading
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Cappers vs.Skinners in the Struggle To Control Costs
Jaan Sidorov Posted 4/25/12 on The Disease Management Care Blog The Disease Management Care Blog agrees that if you want a peek at a potential future scenario for health care reform, look at what has happened in Massachusetts since 2006. … Continue reading
How Much Does It Cost To Have An Appendectomy?
Kenneth Lin Posted 4/24/12 on Common Sense Family Doctor A few years ago, a good friend of mine who holds bachelor’s and law degrees from Ivy League schools lost his job and became one of the estimated 50 million medically … Continue reading
Flaws in Cancer Screening
Tom Emerick Posted 4/24/12 on Cracking Health Costs Lisa M. Schwartz, MD and Steven Woloshin, MD wrote a good article published in the New York Times called “Endless Screenings Don’t Bring Everlasting Health.” Click here to read the full story. Many … Continue reading
The Supreme Court and the Mathless Health Care Reform Debate
Eugene Steuerle Posted 4/10/12 on The Government We Deserve Regardless of how the Supreme Court decides the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the health care debate is now reignited. If the mandate is sustained, the Accountable Care Act enacted under … Continue reading
Great News! Medicare Tightening Up At Last
Tom Emerick Posted 4/3/12 on Cracking Health Costs Good news on the Medicare front. In a few states (FL, CA, MI, TX, NY, LA, IL) they are at last tightening up on unnecessary surgical procedures, according to a news story in Forbes. Hurray! According … Continue reading
Pay Some Doctors More to Save Money
Paul Levy Posted 3/26/12 on Not Running a Hospital One of the strange things about health care in America is the manner in which decisions are made about how different kinds of doctors should get paid for their services. It … Continue reading
