HEALTHCARE SYSTEM REFORM
Academic Articles & Reports Roundup: May 2017
Anna Zaret, Managing Editor May 31, 2017
Summer is finally here! In this Roundup of articles from the past month, we cover four articles published in May. The topics this month include 1) the effect of market concentration on hospital prices|2) links between cost and quality|3) pharmaceutical market competition|and 4) all-payer rate setting. We hope you enjoy your monthly reading list! The Effect of Market Concentration on Hospital Prices Seidu Dauda recently published the article Hospital and Health Insurance Markets Concentration and Inpatient Hospital Transaction Prices in the U.S. Health Care Market (Health Services Research).This research …
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Academic Articles and Reports Roundup: February 2017
Anna Zaret, Managing Editor March 3, 2017
February brought us a number of interesting articles and reports on healthcare price and competition issues. This month’s Roundup covers publications about 1) projected growth in national healthcare expenditures|2) ACA state marketplace competition|3) the relationship between payment reform and provider consolidation|and 4) the impact of the ACA on individual’s ability to buy insurance. We hope you enjoy! Projected Growth in National Health Expenditures Health Affairs published a report on National Health Expenditure Projections: 2016 – 25 by Sean P. Keehan and colleagues. According to the report, healthcare spending will continue …
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Academic Articles and Reports Roundup: January 2017
Anna Zaret, Managing Editor February 4, 2017
As we moved into the first month of 2017, we continued to see articles addressing concerns about healthcare costs and the role of the market in healthcare. This month’s Roundup covers 1) state oversight of vertical integration in healthcare|2) the influence of provider and insurer market share on price negotiations|3) frameworks for analyzing product-hopping antitrust claims|and 4) former President Obama’s comments on “repeal and delay” of the ACA. Source Executive Editor Jaime S. King and Erin Fuse Brown published The Double-Edged Sword of Health Care Integration: Consolidation and Cost Control (Indiana …
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Looking Ahead: The Future of the Affordable Care Act Under a Trump Presidency
Anna Zaret, Managing Editor November 17, 2016
Now that Donald Trump has won the White House, and Republicans have gained control in both the House and Senate, we will see modifications to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) in the future, although it is not entirely clear what those modifications will entail. Some consensus exists, however, on at least three issues related to the future of the ACA. First, change on-the-ground is not going to be felt immediately, even if bills modifying the ACA are signed in to law quickly. This means, importantly, that nothing is going to …
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Academic Articles & Reports Roundup: October 2016
Anna Zaret, Managing Editor November 1, 2016
We hope you had a happy Halloween! October’s roundup includes articles covering 1) price transparency|2) provider collaborations in California|3) antitrust doctrine on state immunity|4) payment reforms|and 5) consumer healthcare costs. For the next few months, we will be using the Roundup to focus on a few great healthcare price and competition articles, rather than reporting on a wider array of articles that came out in the month. If you think we have overlooked any interesting articles, please feel free to send us what we’ve missed! Price Transparency In The New …
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Healthcare Costs & Competition in the 2016 Election
Anna Zaret, Managing Editor October 14, 2016
In the second presidential debate, an undecided voter asked Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump how they would each address high healthcare costs and improve insurance coverage. It was an opportunity for the campaigns to highlight their visions on health policy, which has been outside the spotlight for most of the campaign. Clinton’s answer focused on fixing the rising costs of ACA exchange plans, while Trump argued that the ACA should be repealed, and replaced with rules that allow insurance to be purchased across state lines. There’s a lot to discuss …
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Academic Articles & Reports: August 2016
Anne Marie Helm, Managing Editor September 1, 2016
This last round up of the summer features articles on a range of topics including (1) competition in healthcare markets|(2) strategies for reducing healthcare costs|(3) pharmaceutical pricing|(4) ACOs|(5) other ACA aspects and effects|(6) post-Gobeille strategies|and (7) antitrust enforcement. We hope everyone is settling into school and work after some time off. Happy (almost) fall! Competition in health care markets: In Choice and Competition in Public Service Provision, by Timothy J. Besley and James M. Malcomson, published by the Center for Economic Policy Research, looks broadly at markets involving services like …
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Academic Articles & Reports Roundup: July 2016
Anne Marie Helm, Managing Editor August 1, 2016
This month, we saw articles and reports that approached the health care cost conundrum from all angles: price transparency|how the ACA fits in|lowering costs, generally|healthcare markets and market places|and the consumer side of things. Add these to your summer reading list! Price Transparency We at The Source were delighted to have provided research on state legislation for HCI3 and Catalyst for Payment Reform’s Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws — July 2016. This was the fourth edition of the Report Card, first issued in 2013. The Report Card carefully …
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Academic Articles & Reports Round Up: June 2016
Anne Marie Helm, Managing Editor July 1, 2016
June’s articles ran the gamut of the Source’s favorite topics: price transparency, new payment models, provider markets and pricing, state strategies, and reforming the entire U.S. healthcare system. PRICE TRANSPARENCY The Society of Medical Decision Making published an interesting study on how consumers respond to healthcare pricing information, Presenting Comparative Cost Information to Consumers: Easier Said Than Done by Jessica Greene, PhD and Rebecca M. Sacks, MPH. Participants in the study were provided online cost and quality information in various forms, and then asked to select a provider. Not surprisingly, …
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Academic Articles & Reports Round Up: April 2016
Elizabeth Nicholson, Research Fellow May 2, 2016
Happy May! April produced a number of articles and reports on interesting aspects of healthcare issues. As always, healthcare cost was at the forefront of the scene. Also discussed were pharmaceutical cost, the intersection of quality and cost, cost-sharing, the likelihood of a single-payer healthcare system in the United States, the effects of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, and the ins and outs of the new Medicare payment system. HEALTHCARE COST Health Affairs published an article entitled Study of Physician And Patient Communication Identifies Missed Opportunities To Help Reduce Patients’ Out-Of-Pocket …
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