Tag Archives: Health Policy
Shift from fee-for-service to value-based models slower than expected
PwC’s Health Research Institute reports finds challenges remain for hospitals, systems but shift is inevitable
Health insurance competition matters
If lawmakers should remember one thing, it is that Americans can’t get health care without well-functioning health insurance markets. Legislators should scrutinize these mergers to guarantee that Americans receive the care they need at a reasonable price.
Payers, Providers Debate Health Plan Consolidation Before Congress
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In the second hearing this month to review competition in the healthcare marketplace, the CEOs of Aetna and Anthem and executives of the American Hospital Association told lawmakers about the benefits and perils of health plan mega-mergers.
Moving Beyond Price-Per-Dose In The Pharmaceutical Industry
Understanding Health Care’s Short-Termism Problem
Friday Feedback: The Continuing Drug Cost Debate
Balancing the free market economy with patient care
Does Hillary Clinton Have the Rx For Rising Health Costs?
She released two proposals this week aimed at curbing patients’ health spending
Bye-Bye Boehner: What Does It Mean for Medicine?
Speaker won points for SGR fix
HENRY KOTULA 