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Physicians, Health Systems and the Drive For Market Dominance

Brian Klepper Posted 5/23/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Several physicians have reached out recently to discuss attractive employment offers from health systems. They are invaria… more →

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Physicians, Health Systems and the Drive For Market Dominance — 2 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 5 hours ago: Brian Klepper Posted 5/23/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Several physicians hav … more →

Tags: Innovation, market dynamics, Medical Management, physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Politics, Quality, reform, Brian Klepper

Whether Health Insurance Premium Is Tax Deductible Or Not?

taxpremium wrote 1 week ago: Health care insurance pertaining to senior citizens grow older 65 as well as the handicapped will ge … more →

Tags: Medicare, Health Insurance

Using Strong Carrots and Sticks To Drive Health Care That Works

Brian Klepper wrote 1 week ago: Brian Klepper Posted 5/09/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog On a recent call with … more →

Tags: Brian Klepper, HC Approaches That Work, Onsite Clinics, Primary Care, AMA, incentives, Jerry Reeves

Using Strong Carrots and Sticks To Drive Health Care That Works — 2 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 2 weeks ago: Brian Klepper Posted 5/09/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog On a recent call with … more →

Tags: Benefits, Conflicts of Interest, Innovation, market dynamics, Medical Management, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality, Brian Klepper, Centers of Excellence

Why Aren't Primary Care Physicians More Ticked off about the RUC? An Interview with Brian Klepper — 2 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 3 weeks ago: Brandon Glenn Published 4/30/13 in Medical Economics If primary care physicians have a bigger enemy … more →

Tags: Brian Klepper, Analytics, Policy/Law/Regulation, market dynamics, Medical Management, physicians, Politics, Primary Care, AMA

Economic Downturn, Not Health System Reform, Responsible For Decrease In Health Care Cost Trend

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer wrote 1 month ago: Bad economic times, and not health care reform, account for the record slowdown in U.S. health care … more →

Tags: Health Care, Health Plans, Employee Benefits, health-care reform, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Patient Empowerment, Health Care Costs, Affordable Care Act.

How Physician Practices Can Prepare for a Health Care Marketplace — 6 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 1 month ago: Brian Klepper Posted 4/21/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog What is the path forward … more →

Tags: Analytics, Brian Klepper, Conflicts of Interest, Innovation, market dynamics, Medical Management, physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Politics

South Africa Rolls Out New HIV Treatment

ohhnoo2150 wrote 1 month ago: South Africa Rolls Out New HIV Treatment I am not gonna lie, I have no idea how much it costs for HI … more →

Tags: General Health, health, drugs, HIV

Seriously Testing The ACO Waters — 2 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 1 month ago: Brian Klepper Published April 2013 in Accountable Care News If necessity is the mother of invention, … more →

Tags: Analytics, Conflicts of Interest, Innovation, Medical Management, Politics, Quality, reform, Accountable Care Organizations, Brian Klepper

When Employers Get Serious About Managing Health Care Risk — 2 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 1 month ago: Brian Klepper Posted 4/07/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Last week I visited with Gar … more →

Tags: Brian Klepper, consumerism, HC Approaches That Work, health-care reform, Heatlh Care Excess, effective programming, Gary Rost, Savannah Business Group

When Employers Get Serious About Managing Health Care Risk — 5 comments

Brian Klepper wrote 1 month ago: Brian Klepper Posted 4/07/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Last week I visited wi … more →

Tags: Benefits, Brian Klepper, consumerism, Innovation, market dynamics, Medical Management, Policy/Law/Regulation, Politics, Quality

Steven Brill on Health Care Pricing and Profit — 3 comments

Einar Joe Bohlin wrote 1 month ago: Steven Brill is the author of the article reviewed in this post, the March 4, 2013 TIME magazine Spe … more →

Tags: Other Reviews, Health Care, health-care reform, Time magazine, Steven Brill

International Comparison -- sky high cost

qualityhealthcareplease wrote 1 month ago: The Washington Post has a couple of great articles about the cost of health care in which the US is … more →

Tags: High Cost of Care, Restructuring Health Care, Health Care, cost of care, international comparison