I sat down with Dr. Sandeep Wadhwa, 3M Health Information Systems global chief medical officer, to talk about the growing buzz around the payvider model and how providers can determine […]

High-income countries can offer state-of-the-art medical technology, but treatment can be expensive. The patient’s contribution to the cost of medical treatment can quickly outpace their ability to pay, particularly in […]

Consumer-directed health care is the idea that a person armed with good information will select the right services from the best provider of that service and this will translate to […]

New York is one of many states in the process of reforming the way it pays providers through a Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. The goal is to […]

Value-based insurance design (VBID) arrived in Washington, DC on the first day of 2017 when two of the largest federal government healthcare programs launched VBID demonstration programs.  The long-awaited Center […]

Although cost is a common topic in health care, it is not commonly understood. As one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, similarly, in health care, one man’s cost is […]