June 28, 2013
BETTER YET, MAKE THE PATIENT PAY THE BILL:
Healthy savings: Fewer lab tests (Amanda Gengler, 6/27/13, CNN/Money)
A new Johns Hopkins study found that doctors shown the bill for lab tests ordered fewer of them, cutting expenditures 9.6%."Most medical care is delivered in a cost vacuum," says co-author Leonard Feldman. "Information helps providers be more cost-conscious."
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 28, 2013 6:22 PM
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