Health Affairs

In a recent Health Affairs article, researchers from RAND and Harvard highlighted the difficulties associated with implementing bundled payment, based on an evaluation of the PROMETHEUS Payment program, an initiative of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3). They identified challenges to implementation on the part of both payers and providers, including defining the bundles;... Read the rest of this entry »

As both a Canadian and an analyst who focuses on US healthcare, I have an abiding curiosity in comparisons between the US and Canadian systems, so it was with great interest that I read the recent Health Affairs article by Dante Morra and coauthors entitled “US Physician Practices Versus Canadians: Spending Nearly Four Times As Much Money... Read the rest of this entry »