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Public Health: The benefits and costs of primary and secondary prevention

September 25, 2018 hcblog 2 Comments

There are different levels or categories or “tactics” that can improve population health – in our last blog we discussed…

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Population health: What is it and what does it take?

August 1, 2018 hcblog 1 Comment

Population health has become a real buzz phrase since the Institute for Healthcare Improvement first defined the Triple Aim as…

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US spends too little on social welfare: Fact or fiction?

July 11, 2018 hcblog

As we had alluded to previously (see comments section here), we have been hearing the argument “we don’t spend enough…

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What Maryland’s All Payer Rate Setting Tells Us About Traditional Medicare Payment Rates

June 19, 2018 hcblog 2 Comments

With some political leaders calling for the US to move to Medicare-for-all and California weighing a proposal to have all…

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NEJM Catalyst

May 21, 2018 hcblog

Highlighting a couple of posts from the latest NEJM Catalyst. We hope you will find them of interest as well:…

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It’s the use rate and prices, stupid – take 2

May 15, 2018 hcblog

Since the “it’s the prices” discussion continues to pop up in the news media, we thought we’d take a moment…

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It’s the use rate and prices, stupid!

April 3, 2018 hcblog 5 Comments

Over the past few weeks a lot of media buzz was generated by a Papanicolas et al. JAMA report that…

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The healthcare M&A frenzy of 2017: A brief synopsis

March 5, 2018 hcblog 3 Comments

As 2017 was coming to a close we started getting many questions and calls (likely triggered by the CVS Health-Aetna…

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The case for FEHBP-like universal coverage

February 1, 2018 hcblog 2 Comments

The proposal to open the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) to the general public is not new, as highlighted…

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Why not Medicare-for-all?

January 2, 2018 hcblog 1 Comment

Established in 1965, the Medicare program is the primary health insurance program for adults ages 65 and over and non-elderly…

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