This is our problem: The cost of health care has spiked higher, but the quality of care is falling. Patients have no effective means of learning the price of care before using it, or of publicly reporting on quality of care in today’s patient-unfriendly health...
A dangerous side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic includes a dramatic increase in the number of hospital-acquired infections. Hospital-acquired infections happen when a person receives medical treatment in a hospital inpatient or outpatient facility. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control published a concerning report about a spike...
“How," we asked in our 2020 manual about health care, "does a Minnesota provider explain why it requires $43,359 for the same hip replacement performed for $6,666 by a different Minnesota provider?” Suppose instead of a hip replacement you wanted to buy a car. In the...
Among the many effects of COVID-19 is the reality that millions of people, either by choice or circumstance, put off diagnostic tests and screenings. Saved money at first, but costs are coming....
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Medicare reimbursement rate increases for 2022. This matters because private insurance premiums use the Medicare rate as a base rate in order to calculate their insurance reimbursements to providers. Each increase in the Medicare reimbursement rate translates...
Recently, while attending a company staff meeting at DCI, I realized an incredibly important fact about what it takes for any consultant to be successful. I know all the people at DCI, and they are each talented, experienced and committed to serving clients and their...