Cost Cap finds drugs driving up healthcare spending, but we knew that, and their numbers are misleading
The latest analysis by Mathematica for the Office of Health Strategy’s plan to cap healthcare costs used a small slice…
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More doctors are moving to corporate and hospital employment, jacking up prices & new WI lawsuit
Movement of physicians from independent practice to hospital and corporate employment accelerated during COVID. By January 1st of this year,…
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How CT can save $162 million in healthcare waste
An analysis of Connecticut’s commercial insurance markets finds we spent $9.45 per person per month on wasteful low-value care in…
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Most CT physicians take Medicare patients, but less than US average; implications for payment reform
At 84%, the large majority of physicians in Connecticut take new Medicare patients according to a new analysis by the…
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Book Club: Think Again
You have to read Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant. We all think…
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CT hospital ownership change rate among highest in US
Over 10% of hospitals in Connecticut changed ownership between 2016 and 2021, according to a federal report using new CMS…
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DSS’s new patient survey has little to say
DSS’s consultants reported on the results from their new patient experience/satisfaction survey for PCMH Plus members at this month’s MAPOC…
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CTNJ: Fact Check Shows That Raising Primary Care Spending Doesn’t Lower Total Healthcare Costs
The Office of Health Strategy and their consultants have asserted that it is critical to double spending on primary care…
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Why is healthcare like this?
Healthcare is complicated. It often doesn’t make sense – to consumers, patients, students, policymakers, providers, administrators, and everyone else. The…
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