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How employers save money by paying employees to shop for healthcare
Paying employees between $25 and $500 for using a transparency tool can result in modest savings of about 2.1 percent.
Breast cancer screening bundled payment model incentivizes cost savings
A DBT-inclusive bundled price was associated with significantly reduced recall rates, 13 percent versus 9.4 percent.
Hospitals spend a lot of money on advertising, but the ads lack variation, study says
Sound marketing principles dictate differentiating among competitors, and too few hospitals do it.
Approaches, public policies that could help health insurance coverage expand through public plans
For a number of approaches, the paper examines where the plan would operate and who would be eligible.
The value of assessing a supply chain’s group purchasing organization contracts
More women are training to be plastic surgeons, but racial/ethnic representation still lags behind
Black representation has actually decreased among plastic surgery trainees, and Hispanic representation has made minimal changes.
Beth Israel Deaconess-Lahey Health merger is now official, with some conditions
The new health system is now the second largest in Massachusetts, employing 35,000 and overseeing 1.3 million patients.
In the new age of healthcare consumerism, convenience is king
In an era of shifting attitudes and expectations on the part of patients, providers can no longer be content that the old models will see them through.
Vanguard Healthcare to pay $18 million due to False Claims Act allegations
The DOJ said Vanguard and its skilled nursing facilities delivered "worthless" services to residents between 2010 and 2015.
Investing in consumerism and technology requires scale, wise allocation of investments
Health systems should be allocating more resources to technologies that further the mission of creating a consumer-centric industry.
