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Collaboration Key to Health, Care and Costs
Michael Cropp, MD, President and CEO of Independent Health, firmly believes that establishing Western New York as a high-performing health care community is ...
Report: Employers Who Offer Health Coverage to See 9 Percent Jump in Medical Costs in 2011
Companies offering employee health insurance will see a rise in medical costs next year, and an increased number will ...
Spending More on Drugs Doesn’t Mean Spending Less on Other Care
Research from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care famously shows regional variations in Medicare spending, but it does ...
Doctors and Hospitals Say Goals on Computerized Records are Unrealistic
Congress has provided tens of billions of dollars to help doctors and hospitals buy equipment to computerize ...
Delivering Better Primary Care
With the coverage of nearly 40 million more people under the new health care bill, many are concerned ...
Deficit Worries Make it Tough for Democrats to Move the 'Doc Fix'
Lawmakers did not permanently change the Medicare payment system in the health care bill, and now House leaders are ...
When Incentive Payments to Doctors End, Quality of Medical Care Declines
A British Medical Journal study published Wednesday shows that taking away targeted incentive payments to doctors causes a decline in ...
Clarifying Sources of Geographic Differences in Medicare Spending
Before policy makers create policy to reduce geographic variations in Medicare spending, they must first understand how ...
CBO Ups Health Care Cost Projections
According to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the new health care law could cost $115 billion more in ...
Innovation Health Care Funds Will Be Under Extensive Scrutiny
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) warns that Congress will be closely monitoring funds marked for innovation ...