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Spine Surgery is an Exception to the Usual Country Market Rules
A great many markets for medical technologies have similar market drivers, economics,…
Greedy Insurance Company Backs Down: The Little Guy Wins!
A few months back, while we were on vacation in Washington, D.C.,…
Partners Health Care acquiring Neighborhood Health Plan: The 800-Pound Gorilla and the Fig Leaf?
Partners Health Care (the dominant provider network in Greater Boston) and Neighborhood…
Ethicist’s Take on Concierge Medicine is a Misdiagnosis
Arthur Caplan, a leading bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, published a…
How Much do Financial Incentives Matter to Physicians?
In this experiment, medical students were paid under fee-for-service and capitated payment…
Giving Interns More Sleep is Not Making Hospitals Safer
The Latest: Last month something extraordinary happened at teaching hospitals around the…
Rejoinder to yesterday’s Medicare post
Yesterday I posted about a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by John…
Canadians Also Wait for Drugs
A recent study by the Fraser Institute found that Canadian federal and…
What Small Business Thinks About Health Reform
Add one more splash of bad news to the cascade that has…
