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Variation matters | But its elimination is more critical to improve outcomes than saving money

By Merrill Goozner | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine

One of the most frequently trumpeted “truths” in healthcare policy research is that the system is larded with waste, perhaps as much as 30% of all spending.
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Cost sustainability | If payment reform fails, tie spending per beneficiary to GDP

By Dr. Manoj Jain and Dr. Bill Frist | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine

We have done it. We have decreased the increase in the cost of healthcare. Let us explain. For three decades (1980–2009), the cost of healthcare has been increasing each year at an average rate of 7.4%—double the rate of inflation. However, over the past three years, the increase in...
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Focus on value | Hospitals, patients benefit when providers treat quality like a financial report

By Leah Binder | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

"Of all the transformations reshaping American healthcare, none is more profound than the shift toward value.”
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The Affordable Care Act at age 3 | Despite many successes, healthcare reform law still faces challenges

By Merrill Goozner | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine

The Obama administration can justifiably look back with pride at year three of its signature healthcare reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Curbing healthcare spending | The slowdown is real and should impact federal cost-cutting debate

By Merrill Goozner | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine

It's too soon to pop the Champagne corks on healthcare spending. But the latest evidence suggests the slowdown is real and not just recession-related.
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At a turning point | With reform set to transform the industry, Modern Healthcare starts new era, too

By Merrill Goozner | December 08, 2012 | Print Magazine

The healthcare industry is on the cusp of its most dramatic transformation since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid. As the new editor of Modern Healthcare, I have been granted a precious gift.
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RAC 'em up | Have hospital payment audits finally crossed the common-sense line?

By John D. Thomas | October 20, 2012 | Print Magazine

Five hundred hours. That's how much time a large hospital had to spend each week recently dealing with recovery audit contractor audits, the hospital's CEO told me at a conference.
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Check, please | Bill me now for services rendered so I can avoid payment hassles later

By John D. Thomas | October 06, 2012 | Print Magazine

On June 6, I went to have my annual physical. I paid a $15 copay, but I also had blood work done, and when I walked out of the office, I had no idea how much I was going to be obligated to pay for those tests.
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Aiming for coding accuracy | Data governance is becoming critical factor in EHR implementation

By Lynne Thomas Gordon | September 29, 2012 | Print Magazine

At the center of so many critical issues in healthcare today lies the electronic health record. It's driving the meaningful-use regulations, ICD-10 implementation, updates to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the most basic of all questions—how to reduce the cost of...
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Healthcare where you work

By New York Times | September 04, 2012

In the scramble to find ways to slow rising healthcare costs, experts are finding good ideas from organizations that are virtually unknown beyond their hometowns.
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