Peter Orszag news and information

he prevailing theory that economic pressure and a floundering job market are responsible for drop-offs in medical utilization—and that utilization will spike once the economy recovers—may be less accurate than once believed, said Peter Orszag, former director of the federal Office of...
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Former White House budget director Peter Orszag blamed inconsistent medical care for a good share of the nation's fiscal distress when he spoke last week in Orlando, Fla. As I wrote in an earlier post, Orszag made an argument for reducing variation in healthcare delivery and pointed to research...
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Peter Orszag may talk numbers and charts—he was the Office of Management and Budget director—but speaking in Orlando, Fla., last week, he betrayed a fascination with the stubbornly illogical streak that human behavior can bring to the nation's healthcare spending.
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Several of the big-name speakers at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute last week prodded the hospital finance executives in attendance to remake their organizations to deal with a world in which all payers are pushing to save on healthcare costs.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Melanie Evans reports from Orlando, Fla., on the third day of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute and offers a preview of day four.
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Peter Orszag, former director of the OMB, said an overhaul of U.S. healthcare payment to reward value cannot succeed without Medicare, yet policymakers face gridlock.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Vince Galloro previews the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2011 Annual National Institute, which begins Sunday in Orlando, Fla., and is scheduled to feature speeches from Institute for Healthcare Improvement President and CEO Maureen Bisognano, former...
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“Republicans haven't fit ObamaCare into their guiding political and economic narrative. … Republicans will need a reform alternative and a coherent healthcare philosophy, and the time to start shaping it is now, so that voters can see how future decisions will be made according to a set...
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