Slow Progress On Efforts To Pay Docs, Hospitals For ‘Value,’ Not Volume
Consortium of large employers says that only 10.9 percent of employers' health spending is based on value-based payment.
Russ Mitchell
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California Health Chief Looks Within For Solution To Rising Health Costs
Ex-cop-turned-Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder roots out 'unnecessary variation' to make care more cost-effective.
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‘If I’d Had To Wait Until 67 For Medicare, I’d Be Dead’
Those approaching retirement, employers pan proposals to raise the Medicare eligibility age.
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The Best Medicine For Fixing The Modern Hospital
The latest medical breakthrough is the hospital room itself.
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Employers, Unions Jointly Demand Health Care Price Transparency
But CPR Executive Director Suzanne Delbanco said employers find many of those tools “clunky” to use and lacking sufficient price and quality data. In addition, many insurance contracts with employers ban them from sending data for analysis to a third party, who might also offer advice or build better tools. Thus far, the insurance companies, which […]
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California Races To Enroll Uninsured
The state with the highest number of uninsured pledges to make shopping for coverage as easy as buying shoes on Zappos.
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Farzad Mostashari: Man On A Digital Mission
An eBay merchant who sells funny barbecue aprons out of his living room is better equipped to send information electronically than many physicians. Farzad Mostashari is the guy trying to change that.
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Hospitals Gear Hiring To Health Law And Industry Changes
Defying the economy, hospitals are hiring, but many are looking more for administrative staff and clerks than care givers.
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Insurance CEO Says Prevention, Collaboration Are Key To Controlling Costs–The KHN Interview
Bruce Bodaken of Blue Shield of California says encouraging patients to live healthier lives will help head off chronic disease and pay off in lower costs.
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Medical Wonder: Meet the CEO Who Rebuilt a Crumbling California Hospital
Wright Lassiter is doing the seemingly impossible as CEO of the Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Calif.: He's turned a mismanaged urban safety-net hospital system in one of America's most violent cities into a model for other public hospitals by trimming costs -- and did it while expanding services.
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