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 in a meeting the other day when someone said - mostly in exasperation - ”Everyone’s for affordable health care for everyone, but no one cares very much about dealing with the cost of health care.”  I’m sure that truer words have been spoken, but I can’t think of any off the top of my head.  It’s […]

I usually spend some time throughout the year visiting with accounts, physicians, hospitals, and brokers (among others), just to hear what’s up and what’s going on.  Earlier this week, I was out visiting the leadership at a community hospital in Massachusetts, and asked them if they appreciated the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) decision to require […]