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Health Insurers Behaving Badly
Denials of service, price gouging, profiteering on government programs. Organized crime? “No” say auditors, providers and plaintiffs, just commercial…
Jul 27, 2023
Almost Biblical In Its Impact
The President of the American Medical Association told MedCity News that the reduction of physician fees proposed by Medicare for 2024 would be “almost…
Jul 26, 2023
British Medical Journal on American Health Challenges
The BMJ has undertaken to summarize the state of research on the impact of private equity investment in American health services. Researchers found…
Jul 25, 2023
Merger Guideline Changes Offered for Comment by DoJ, FTC
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice jointly announced (here) proposed new guidelines for the evaluation of business combinations…
Jul 20, 2023
Who Owns American Health Care Services?
Gaffney, Woolhandller and Himmelstein, examine long term trends in the financing and ownership of American health care. They found “Over the past…
Jul 19, 2023
CMS Proposal for 2024 Sends Physician Fees Further Into The Tank
The pre-publication of the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2024 continues a downward trend in payment for professional…
Jul 18, 2023
FY 2024 OPPS Final Rule Pre-Published in Federal Register, With New Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals
The much-anticipated “final rule” for Outpatient Prospective Payment System for 2024 was pre-published in the Federal Register, with official…
Jul 14, 2023
Inflation at 3%
In June, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.0 percent over the last 12 months. The…
Jul 13, 2023
Nudge, or Fudge?
The Financial Times reports on scandal in behavioral economics, focused on a Harvard professor whose specialty was honesty.
Jul 12, 2023
The 1%
John Arnold, Carnegie and other foundations have been brought together to support the “1%,” a group of health policy researchers led by Yale’s Zack…
Jul 11, 2023
June 2023
Getting Older
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Americans are, on average, older, an eight year change in the median age in the course of four decades. The nation’s…
Jun 23, 2023
FTC Proposed Rule on Banning Noncompete Clauses Draws 27,000 Comments, Final Action Likely in April 2024
The proposed rule was announced on January 5 and published in the Federal Register January 19. The proposal would have extensive impact on physician…
Jun 22, 2023
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