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ByadminHere is a fine story in the Los Angeles Times written by Lisa Zamosky about the importance of talking with your doctor about your out of pocket medical costs. Despite high medical costs topping Americans’ list of financial concerns, many of us have a hard time telling our doctors that the care they’re prescribing may…
Experts Split On Whether Breast, Lung, And Prostate Cancer Screening Saves Lives
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Using Behavioral Economics to Design Smarter Physician Incentives
ByadminLast year, I joined Zeke Emanuel and some other great people in publishing an article on how to use the insights of behavioral economics to nudge physicians towards providing high-value care. Here is a link to that article. To give you a teaser, here are some of the principles we drew upon: And here are…
Writing Sabbatical
ByadminI am currently on sabbatical (and enjoying some hiking in the Appalachian Mountains). Blog posts will resume in September!
When It Comes to Controlling Healthcare Costs, the Government Outperforms Private Industry
ByadminWhen I think of the federal government, “efficiency” is rarely the first thing on my mind. But when it comes to controlling healthcare costs, we need to consider the possibility that the federal government is better at this job than anyone else. Consider the fact that the United States dwarfs other countries in healthcare spending,…

