HMO or ACO? What’s the difference?
Austin Frakt January 21, 2015
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2015, The New York Times Company). In pursuit of greater efficiency in the United States health system, public programs
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2015, The New York Times Company). In pursuit of greater efficiency in the United States health system, public programs
Forthcoming in the Journal of Health Economics, Geir Godager reanalyzes data from a study by Heike Hennig-Schmidt, Reinhard Selten, and Daniel Wiesen, about which I blogged
Earlier this week, my paper with Rick Mayes on 1990s capitation contracts and modern ACOs appeared in Health Affairs. As this post hits the blog,
Some say ACOs cannot work because they are too much like certain, failed managed care contracts of the 1990s. Some say ACOs cannot work because
There is, however, another reason to be skeptical about these mergers, not so much because they will reduce competition in today’s insurance market, but because
In case there is any doubt, a new study using experimental methods shows that how physicians get paid and by how much does affect patient
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