Health Affairs

During the past months, a number of important articles have appeared in the healthcare literature on the subject of the recent slowing of health-spending growth in the U.S. In an article in January’s Health Affairs, economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services suggest that the recession, even though officially ending in mid-2009, was... Read the rest of this entry »

Spurred by the nation’s federal deficit, unsustainable healthcare costs, and other economic challenges, America’s healthcare system must change from a fee-for-service to a fee-for-value system, challenging all industry participants to make healthcare more efficient, effective, accessible, and affordable. While patients, employers, and payers clearly benefit from lower costs, the fee-for-service system in place since Medicare’s... Read the rest of this entry »