Increased cost sharing does NOT make better health care shoppers

Increased cost sharing does NOT make better health care shoppers.

Cost of Care

Skin in the game

A lifesaving flight, with a price tag of $56,000

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/lifesaving-flight-price-tag-56000

Severe sticker shock adds to the stress of medical emergencies for patients in remote areas.

Gov. Chris Christie pocket vetoes bill to tax New Jersey nonprofit hospitals

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/gov-chris-christie-pocket-vetoes-bill-tax-new-jersey-nonprofit-hospitals?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqjBcu%2FhmjTEU5z16ukvX6%2B%2Fh4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcBmMLrYDBceEJhqyQJxPr3MLtINwNlqRhPrCg%3D%3D

Key players, including the New jersey Attorney General’s office, will reconvene to craft new legislation, sponsoring state senator says.

Post On Trends To Watch Leads The Health Affairs Blog Top-Ten List For 2015

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/01/19/post-on-trends-to-watch-leads-the-health-affairs-blog-top-ten-list-for-2015/

Health Affairs 2

The problem with financial incentives in healthcare

http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2016/01/14/title_150?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonsq7OdO%2FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CTsdhMK%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Money Physician

Now that CMS’ Andy Slavitt has spoken, did meaningful use spawn or stall EHR innovation and interoperability?

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/now-cms-andy-slavitt-has-spoken-did-meaningful-use-spawn-or-stall-ehr-innovation-and

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Electronic health record vendors, hospital IT departments and clinicians have complained for years about the current state of EHRs. The revelation that meaningful use could soon be changed for the better may open new doors.

Screws Tighten on 340B Program

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=324594##

Medicine and Dollars

A MedPAC recommendation to reduce by 10% Medicare payment rates for 340B hospitals’ separately payable Part B drugs has been greeted with a chorus of boos from hospital trade associations.