Yearly healthcare spending in the United States is expected to cost $4 trillion by 2015. Health care costs have increased to more than double from just 35 years ago. The fact of this rapid increase has led to much discussion on the cost containment issue and healthcare affordability. The question...
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Healthcare executives in the U.S., Europe and Asia are seeing both risks and opportunities as the pace of change in the healthcare industry accelerates globally, according to a new UPS survey. Facing unprecedented demands to reduce costs, keep up with fast-changing regulatory requirements and ramp ...
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US Healthcare Costs A recent article by the National Journal inspects how the United States could learn to save money on healthcare by following Canada’s example. According to the article, University of Toronto researchers stated that the United States could save around $27.6 billion a year if...
Read More →As lawmakers search for ways to curb spending and address the soaring deficit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) hosted a day-long conference, titled “Controlling Costs: The Price of Good Health,” to discuss the causes and dangers of runaway cos...
Read More →Faced with growing medical-surgical supply costs as reimbursements shrink and healthcare reform looms, healthcare providers can reduce their medical-surgical supply spending immediately—and GHX is providing a list of what it recommends as the top 10 ways to do it. The healthcare technology com...
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