Two Studies Show Difficulty of Decreasing Low Value Care

Two Studies Show Difficulty of Decreasing Low Value Care

Today’s Managing Health Care Number is 2 It’s been a quiet week of holiday non-news – and I was happy that two important studies of educatio...

Office Visit Costs Rise More When Hospitals Acquire Physician Practices

Office Visit Costs Rise More When Hospitals Acquire Physician Practices

Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is $108 Regions with higher numbers of physicians whose practices were acquired by hospitals had h...

Mammography Doesn't Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths and Computer Aided Diagnosis Doesn't Help

Mammography Doesn't Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths and Computer Aided Diagnosis Doesn't Help

Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is $400 million Source It’s not been a good month for mammography. Two important pieces of researc...

ACOs decrease low value services (a bit)

ACOs decrease low value services (a bit)

Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is 4.5% Researchers from Harvard Medical School reported in JAMA Internal Medicine yesterday that...

Reference pricing saved $$ on colonoscopies

Reference pricing saved $$ on colonoscopies

Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is 28% JAMA Internal Medicine published research showing that CalPERS caused dramatic shifts in s...