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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009ASC Growth Study – Sample Letters
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Dear State ASC Association Leaders,
We need your help. As you know, KNG Health Consulting recently released a study entitled An Analysis of Recent Growth of Ambulatory Surgical Centers. This study demonstrates the importance of ASCs in constraining the cost of health care. In particular, it shows that the savings that ASCs…
ASC Growth Study June 2009
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Study Counters Assertion That Physician Ownership Drives Up Utilization.
ASC Growth Study Press Release
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) play a pivotal role in moving services into less expensive yet clinically appropriate settings, concludes a study issued today by the independent health economics and policy firm KNG Health Consulting. Other key findings from…
Massachusetts Faces Costs of Big Health Care Plan
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Three years ago, Massachusetts enacted perhaps the boldest state health care experiment in American history, bringing near-universal coverage to the commonwealth with Paul Revere speed…
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Economic Stimulus Package Sends Clear Message: Adopt EHR Technology Now or Pay the Price Later
Monday, March 16th, 2009By improving the efficiency and quality of health care services, electronic health records (EHRs) have been hailed as a promising new component of America’s future health care industry. However, due to cost and other perceived implementation obstacles,…
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Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Waiting to see his dermatologist about a skin rash, John Barnett heard the doctor sneeze loudly before he came into the exam room. The Seattle-area retiree says it took all his courage to ask, “Are you going to wash your hands before you examine me?”…
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Payment cut would worsen health-care ills
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009Recently, an article in USA Today suggested further reducing reimbursement to physicians and
hospitals to curb the increasing costs of providing health care in America.
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Despite economic slowdown, healthcare CEO’s bonuses are blooming
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009Even Bear Stearns chairman rides it out: a $25 million condo. Not everyone is feeling the pinch of the declining economy.
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Minority of Tax-Exempt Hospitals Provide Most Charity Care
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009A report from the Internal Revenue Service found that a small minority of nonprofit hospitals provide the bulk of uncompensated care for the poor, rekindling concerns about the tax-exempt industry…
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AMA 2008 National Health Insurer Report Card
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009The purpose of the AMA’s National Health Insurer Report Card (NHIRC) is to provide physicians and the general public a reliable and defensible source of critical metrics concerning the timeliness, transparency and accuracy of claims processing by the health insurance companies that are responsible for paying these claims. Billions of dollars in administrative waste would…
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