A few weeks ago, the federal government’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on the rapid rise in the cost and use of high-end radiology services (CT Scans, PET Scans, MRIs and the like). In a nutshell, the report said three things: first, the use and cost of imaging services to Medicare beneficiaries went up dramatically […]

I was one of several local (aka, “Boston area”) health care participants who had a chance to hear Dr. Steve Pearson, President of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review and Senior Fellow at America’s Health Insurance Plans in Washington, DC speak recently about “CER” (Comparative Effectiveness Research). I’m proud to say that Dr. Pearson is a […]

Regular readers of this blog should know by now that I spend a lot of time thinking about Medicare — the 800 pound gorilla in health care in this country. Apparently, I’m not the only one. As previously posted, Peter Orszag, the director of the Congressional Budget Office, is thinking about it a lot. So […]