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consolidation
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Is CMS doing bundled payment for hip and knee replacement all wrong?
Earlier this month, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a five-year bundled-payment test program for hip and…
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Study: Little evidence that integrating hospital, physician care improves quality or reduces costs
When health system executives tout the benefits of acquiring hospitals or physician groups, they often say the combined entity will…
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Finding the full story behind hospital mergers, consolidations
Across the country, health systems are getting larger, gobbling up community hospitals or smaller chains. Some of this has to…
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When hospitals buy physician practices, patients hit with fees
WSB-Atlanta recently explored what happens when hospitals buy physician practices, which has been happening all over the Atlanta area. Prices…
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What happens when hospitals abandon inner cities
Hospitals in the U.S. have been abandoning inner cities for years. By 2010, the number of urban hospitals still operating…
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Cost report full of ideas for state-level stories on reform
We get inundated with reports and issue papers, but every once in a while it’s a good idea to pick…