By: Jamie
Speaking of Supply-Demand I understand that the South Carolina Supreme Court is now considering a case which could result in discounts of 50 percent off of hospital bills for patients through 2004. The...
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<strong>AMGA Physician Supply Study</strong> According to a report by the <em>American Medical Group Association </em>(AMGA) and <em>Cejka Search,</em> the economic...
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<strong>Jamie and Sue,</strong> More money, or medical procedures, do not equate to better health care. There is a "law of diminishing returns". Americans do not seem to understand this...
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<strong>On Competitive Analysis</strong> Dr. Marcinko, unfortunately many believe that the impact of newer more theoretical competitive models of medical practice like consumer-directed...
View ArticleBy: Hope R. Hetico RN MHA
More on Lowering Healthcare Costs [Supply and Demand] Most discussions around healthcare these days focus on covering all Americans, and on lowering healthcare costs. And, President Obama has recently...
View ArticleBy: Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA
More on Supply Side Healthcare Economics Did you know that John E. Wennberg MD, who spent his entire career at Dartmouth studying American medicine, suggested that that 60% of Medicare is spent on...
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Shortage of supply of physician-surgeon manpower While reports in the 1980s predicted a surplus of general surgeons, there is a potential shortage predicted to occur by 2012. An aging population,...
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On The Domenici-Rivlin Protect Medicare Act [Competitive Bidding for Medicare] Here’s a very brief PDF summary of the Domenici-Rivlin Medicare proposal to the supercommittee....
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Patient Centered Health Care Any shift to patient-driven healthcare would replace, or at least reduce, the conflicts of interest in medicine with heightened practitioner incentives to improve pricing,...
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Can medical providers jack up prices even as demand for services drop? Much of healthcare inflation in recent years may be attributed to prices charged by hospitals and like providers, reported Kaiser...
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