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To Reduce Unnecessary Care, Choosing Wisely Moves from Awareness to Implementation

In 2012 the ABIM Foundation launched the Choosing Wisely campaign with the goal of kick-starting an important and needed national conversation about unnecessary health care tests and procedures. A pervasive and persistent problem in our health care system...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2015 5:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Physicians, Spending, Quality, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Effectiveness, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Choosing Wisely

The Payment Reform Landscape: Pay-For-Performance

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a Health Affairs Blog series by Catalyst for Payment Reform Executive Director Suzanne Delbanco. Over the coming months, Delbanco will examine how different methods of payment reform are being employed and how...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2014 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Hospitals, Disparities, Effectiveness

The Slowing Of Health Care Spending: Have We Turned A Corner?

The news in recent years has been good: Overall U.S. spending for health care in 2011 again grew only 3.9 percent . This represented the third consecutive year of a relatively slow growth rate, down from rates as high as 11 percent in 1990 and 7.6 percent...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2013 10:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Insurance, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Innovation, Effectiveness

Why ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is Not The Answer

The Affordable Care Act survived the Supreme Court and a presidential election, so why does it face such an uncertain future? One reason is that it was essentially silent on how to control costs. This has led many pundits -- including the likes of Paul...

Published Tue, May 05 2013 1:53 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Effectiveness

Choosing Wisely: Doctors Want To Do The Right Thing

Getting physicians and patients talking about whether tests are necessary is a small but important first step in addressing what is wrong with our current health care system. Issues such as how we pay for care, how we organize our delivery systems, and...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 11:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Effectiveness

Studies Puncture Arguments About Benefits of Imaging Self-Referral

When physicians who aren’t radiologists refer patients to imaging facilities they own or lease—known as self-referral—their patients don’t always benefit. In fact, these self-referrals lead to overuse of services, escalate spending, and rarely shorten...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 8:24 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Payment, Physicians, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Access, Quality, Technology, Effectiveness

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