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geographic variation
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High healthcare spenders don't deliver more unnecessary care
New research delivers another blow to the common assumption that regions of the United States that spend more on healthcare provide more unnecessary care, according to UCSF Today. The study published
Is geographic variation really to blame for healthcare costs?
A week rarely goes by when I don't see a study or reference to geographic variations related to the delivery of healthcare. This week was no exception. Earlier this week, I wrote about patients
'Wasteful' providers actually spend fewer Medicare dollars, data shows
CMS may have to let go of its long-standing complaint that providers in some areas of the U.S. are padding their Medicare bills. Data requested by the Institutes of Medicine and analyzed by CMS this
State of New York comes out ahead in Medicare payments
To the shock of many state lobbyists who pushed for extra money in the new healthcare law to reward low-cost hospitals, New York, of all places, will be receiving more bonus money than any other
