Provider Markets

Evaluating Trends in Healthcare Provider Markets

Healthcare providers are under increasing pressure while industry consolidation, insurance complexity and other factors are further complicating the market and impacting access to care. Schaeffer scholars evaluate these trends and offer solutions.

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Journal Article

Inpatient Prices in Medicare Advantage Vary Modestly Across and Within Hospitals

Inpatient Medicare Advantage prices are, on average, close to traditional Medicare prices. Variation in price ratios across and within hospitals was modest compared with the wider variation seen in commercial and Medicaid pricing.

Featured Experts: Grace Mackleby (née McCormack), Erin Trish

News

Reform of Federal Drug Discount Program Should Target Misaligned Incentives

Perspective

When Patient Access to Results Complicates Care

Perspective

Hospital at Home Treatment is Working — Congress Must Now Give it a Future

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Spectrum News

Frasco quoted on the likelihood Congress will extend Medicare telehealth coverage

Featured Experts: Melissa A. Frasco

Medscape

Ginsburg explains the need to reform Medicare’s process for setting physician payments

Featured Experts: Paul Ginsburg

HealthLeaders Media

Long discusses why 340B reform is needed to better serve low-income patients

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Modern Healthcare

Integrated health systems face risk adding a health plan to their business, Ginsburg says

Featured Experts: Paul Ginsburg

The New York Times

Ginsburg quoted on proposal to reform how Medicare sets prices for physician services

Featured Experts: Paul Ginsburg

Featured Research

Dialysis Costs the Healthcare System Three Times More in the Individual Market

Monthly spending on outpatient dialysis services for patients with end-stage kidney disease was three times higher for patients insured in the individual market compared to patients insured through Medicare.

Experts: Erin Trish, Eugene Lin