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ACOs should use 'informed refusal' to reduce malpractice risk
While new coordinated-care arrangements, including accountable care organizations, may reduce costs, they also may increase malpractice risks for doctors, according to Medpage Today. During a time
Insurers buying up physician groups to control costs
In their latest move to protect their profits, health plans and even Wall Street investors have entered the fray of the physician-buying spree already kicked off by hospitals, Kaiser Health News
Cost-savvy docs order fewer tests
Simply informing physicians of the costs of the tests they're ordering may help cut down on ordering of unnecessary or redundant tests and generate significant savings industry-wide, writes
Hospital operators' Q4 earnings to reflect cost control
Hospital stocks managed to post a 2010 gain of 8 percent despite a sluggish economy and as lower numbers of patients as consumers delay elective procedures and have fewer babies in the downturn, the
MGMA survey reveals secrets to financial success
Patient satisfaction, cost control, overall practice productivity and healthy accounts receivable (A/R) and collections are critical to ensuring medical practice success, according to the latest
Orthopedic surgery in older patients: Outcomes data best predictor of risk
Baby boomers aren't just flooding the healthcare market to seek treatment for chronic conditions and age-related ailments. To the contrary, many fit and athletic seniors are banging down
Are industry's promises to cut $2T smoke and mirrors?
Yesterday, several top interest groups in the healthcare world came together to announce that they were prepared to take steps to cut healthcare cost growth significantly over the next decade, saving
