Who Will Take The Lead In Fixing Medicare?
Spurred by the nation’s federal deficit, unsustainable healthcare costs, and other economic challenges, America’s healthcare system must change from a fee-for-service to a fee-for-value system,...
View ArticleBending The Health Care Cost Curve: More Than Meets The Eye?
During the past months, a number of important articles have appeared in the healthcare literature on the subject of the recent slowing of health-spending growth in the U.S. In an article in January’s...
View ArticleGDP+0: Prospects And Challenges Of Bending The Health Care Cost Curve
Editor's note: In addition to Kenneth Kaufman and Charles Roehrig (photos and linked bios above), this post is coauthored by Paul Hughes-Cromwick, a health economist and Senior Analyst at Altarum...
View ArticleThe Slowing Of Health Care Spending: Have We Turned A Corner?
The news in recent years has been good: Overall U.S. spending for health care in 2011 again grew only 3.9 percent. This represented the third consecutive year of a relatively slow growth rate, down...
View ArticleDecline In Utilization Rates Signals A Change In The Inpatient Business Model
Use rates for inpatient and certain hospital outpatient services are declining in many areas of the country, reflecting fundamental change brought by the new business model. Importantly, as evidenced...
View ArticleWhere Have All The Inpatients Gone? A Regional Study With National Implications
As a result of unsustainable costs and an inordinate share of gross domestic product, the U.S. health care system has a new business model—one that is transforming the delivery system from...
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