Articles
Operational Excellence, Hospital Field Realignment, Access & Health Coverage, Care Coordination, Clinical Integration
A Deeper Dive on a Recent Study on Hospital Prices and Competition
We previously raised concerns about the most recent “The Price Ain’t Right” study by a group of academic economists that attempted to link hospital co
Marketplace Issues/Stability
“The Price Ain’t Right” Ain’t Right Again!
When Gaynor et al. originally released their “The Price Ain’t Right” report on the relationship between hospital prices and market structure in 2015, there were a number of questions and concerns about how they reached their conclusions.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Advancing Health in America, Hospital Field Realignment
Hospital Concentration Study Rehashes Flawed Argument
The same cohort of authors responsible for the Health Care Pricing Project’s flawed 2015 paper recently released an updated version.
Affordable Care Act
A Look at the Latest ACA Lawsuit
Twenty states this week asked a federal court to declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional because the recent Tax Cut and Jobs Act repealed the tax penalty enforcing the ACA's individual mandate.
DOJ Memos Chart a New Course on False Claims Act Enforcement
A pair of seemingly disconnected directives issued in January to Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys handling civil False Claims Act (FCA) cases could mark a significant shift in the type and number of cases that the department and whistleblowers prosecute against hospitals, health care providers and other entities that do business with federal health care programs.
Regulatory Relief
Axios Article on Hospital Audits Tells One Side of Story, Leaves out Key Information
Axios’ recent article on hospital audits conducted by CMS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is misleading and only tells one side of the story by leaving out key information that readers deserve to know.