Choice - Commentary by Aaron Katz
Aaron Katz | Jun 24, 2014
Forks - Commentary by Aaron Katz
Aaron Katz | Jun 11, 2014
The Hubris of Analysis - Commentary by Aaron Katz
Aaron Katz | May 12, 2014
Growing (or Consolidation) Pains - Commentary by Aaron Katz
Aaron Katz | Apr 7, 2014 | Washington
The American health care system has gone through spasms of consolidation over the years. In the mid-1990s, various markets around the country experienced mergers of hospitals, a trend which slowed in the early 2000s, giving way to a spate of health plan consolidations. The mid-2000s also saw medical practices merging
Will Narrow Networks Save Us? - Commentary by Aaron Katz
Aaron Katz | Mar 6, 2014 | Washington
Apparently, the Affordable Care Act has allowed health insurers to do what they have long failed to get done – create products with narrow networks of “high-performing, low-cost” hospitals and doctors. This is not a new idea. Insurers in many markets around the country attempted to “incentivize” providers to lower
The October (Medicaid) Surprise, Commentary by Aaron Katz
Aaron Katz | Feb 18, 2014
All eyes were focused on the rollout of "Obamacare" on October 1, 2013. Of course, October 1 wasn't the start-up of the Affordable Care Act - that was three years earlier, when various new insurance regulations and small business tax credits kicked in. Rather, it was the beginning of the