Why Hospitals Are Losing the Financial Tug-of-War With Payers

Hospitals’ flat revenues are clashing with rising costs and excessive reimbursement denials from payers, said Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC. He warned that policy efforts focused solely on limiting provider payments ignore the larger issue of unchecked profits among payers, drugmakers and other healthcare industry players. The post Why Hospitals Are Losing…

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Innovation: How can we quantify it?

In the HEOR world, you hear a lot about innovation. However, how can we measure innovation? The easiest way is to count the number of new drugs. However, ten “me too” products may be considered less innovative than a single product that cures a disease. An essay by Sukhun Kang in The Incidental Economist conducted…

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