Hospital Mergers Don’t Make Care Better—They Just Make It Pricier, LDI Fellows Say
A New Review Finds Hospital Mergers Raise Prices Without Improving Care, and Urges Regulators to Stop Accepting Quality Claims to Justify Consolidations
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Medicare Payment Model Shortchanges Rural Patients, Study Finds
CMS’s Main Risk Adjustment Method Underestimates Rural Patients’ Health Risks, LDI Fellows Show, Potentially Reducing Access to Care in the Heartland
After Fifteen Years, is Value-Based Care Succeeding?
Penn LDI Debates the Pros and Cons of Payment Reform
Participation in Medicare Advantage Risk-Based Provider Payments Shows Little Impact on Care Delivery
Moving from Fee-for-Service to Risk-Based Contracts Hasn’t Dramatically Changed Patient Care, Raising Questions About How to Make These Models More Effective
How 60 Years of Change Realigned U.S. Health Law’s Role
Government Regulatory Power Wanes as Power Accrues to Courts and Corporations
A New Mark Pauly Book About What Health Care Managers Don’t Know
The Wharton Professor Produces a Compendium of Economics Wisdom for Health Care Pros
Medicare Advantage Narrows Some Racial Gaps in Preventive Care, but Disparities Persist
Medicare Advantage Modestly Cut Black–White Disparities in Chronic Disease Prevention Compared to Traditional Medicare, but Care Gaps Remain for Latinx Populations
Why Population Health Programs are Such a Challenge for Health Systems
An Analysis of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart Program Provides Insights