Public Option would lead to increased physician shortages
That is the conclusion from a recent report from some of my colleagues at FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy. In the report […]
Physician Compensation
How accurate are provider directories?
The answer is, ‘not very’. That is according to a paper from Burman et al. (2022). Let’s say you want to schedule an appointment with […]
When making treatment choices, do physicians consider patient health and economic impacts?
A paper by Ge et al. (2022) aims to answer this question with a discrete choice experiment survey of medical students at Shandong University in […]
Who pays more for hospital and physician services: commercial payers, Medicare or Medicaid? And how much more?
Many people might know that generally the answer is commercial health plans have the most generous reimbursement compared to government plans. However, a key question […]
Can better physician practices reduce Medicare spending?
According to a paper by Rodriguez et al. (2022), the answer is ‘yes’. They use data from the 2017–18 National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and […]
Patient Demand and Overuse of Prescription Drugs
The concept of moral hazard is well-known. If patients pay a small share of drug or other medical cost, they may decide to overuse such […]
Is physician compensation tied mostly to volume or value?
Alternative payment models (APM) are the new trend of the past few decades. High quality, efficient providers should be paid more; low-quality, less efficient providers […]
Physician Group Influences on Treatment Intensity
Over time, physicians are less likely to operate in solo or small group practices. In fact, the share of physician-owned practices has fallen below 50% […]
GAO Report on MIPS
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week published a report evaluating the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). MIPS is an approach for CMS to pay […]
Physician Switching After Drug Request Refusal
That is the title from a study from Lee and Bagley (2011). They examine the potential impact of direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) and the […]
The rise of the health systems
Health systems have been touted by some to be a cure to many of our health care systems ills by providing integrated, high quality care. […]
Private health care = higher quality
What is better: public or private health care systems? This is a difficult question to answer. If we compare the British against the US health […]
