Jeff Lagasse
Lower use of the Medicare annual wellness visit by non-white patients is partially explained by income and education.
More than 1,100 hospitals were rated high performing in at least one common procedure or condition.
Analytics enable providers to make decisions based on vast amounts of data, resulting in savings.
Hit especially hard were Massachusetts' community hospitals, with median operating margins plunging to 0.9 percent.
Patient care is expected to improve, and as more people join the MA plans, costs are expected to go down.
From New York to Salt Lake City, these are the hospitals and health systems investing money to improve their facilities -- or build new ones.
Anderson will oversee innovation in a group that was formed from the practitioners of RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers Health Group.
As baby boomers age out of the workforce, hospitals are turning to U.S. citizen international medical school graduates to fill much-needed roles, and the trend will likely expand.
Only a small number of consumers use price transparency tools, and physicians have narrow referral networks, which essentially steers patients toward high-priced testing facilities.
Price increases have been the biggest driver, with medical costs, prescription drug costs and physician and clinical services all playing a part.