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| "We're trying to transform the industry. The health care industry is now organized for the convenience of doctors, hospitals and other providers of care. I think there's an opportunity to organize around the consumer." | ||
| -Dr. Alan Lotvin, EVP for Transformation, CVS |
| The percentage of
hospital-employed physicians increased by more than 70% from
July 2012 through January 2018. From July 2016 through January
2018, an additional 14,000 physicians were employed by
hospitals, and the percentage of hospital-employed physicians
increased by 6%. All regions saw an increase in percentage of
hospital-owned practices, with a range of total increase from
91% to 303% by region from July 2012 through January 2018. From
July 2016 through January 2018, an additional 8,000 physician
practices were acquired by hospitals, and the percentage of
hospital-owned practices increased by 5%. Source: Physicians Advocacy Institute, Updated Physician Practice Acquisition Study |
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Middle-Class Older Adults
Face the Least Affordable ACA Premiums KFF, March 5, 2019 Johnson & Johnson Research Head Aims to Block, Cure Disease AP via NY Times, March 3, 2019 Hospital-Physician Consolidation Growth Trends Moderate HealthLeaders, February 28, 2019 Progressives Tout ‘Medicare-For-All’ But States Eye ‘Medicaid Buy-In’ Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2019 Health Care And Insurance Industries Mobilize To Kill ‘Medicare For All’ New York Times, February 23, 2019 |
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Brookings/AEI Economists:
Recommendations for government actions to reduce the growth of
healthcare costs 1. Expanding mandatory bundled-payment programs through federal legislation. 2. Reforming Medicare benefit design and Medigap cost sharing. 3. Expanding site-neutral Medicare payments. 4. Boosting funding for federal anti-trust enforcement. 5. Encouraging development of all-payer claims databases through federal action. 6. Removing state regulatory barriers to provider market competition. 7. Ending surprise out-of-network medical bills through federal legislation. 8. Increasing Medicare payments for primary care and reducing them for other services. 9. Reforming payment for physician-administered drugs in Medicare Part B. 10. Revising Medicare Part D's protected classes and its reinsurance program. 11. Offering greater financial incentives in Medicare Part D for use of generic drugs 12. Limiting the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance. Source: Modern Healthcare: Cost control ideas sent to Senate HELP chairman |
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