Dr. Angelo Falcone

2014 has dawned, and with it more than 2.1 million people have new health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. This, as they say, is where the rubber meets the road. But a new study out of Oregon is challenging a key argument for extending health insurance to millions: that doing so will reduce costly […]

Two recent articles highlight the challenges we will face as our healthcare system changes with regard to how care is delivered and reimbursed. The first article from the NY Times, Medicare Panel Urges Cuts to Hospital Payments for Services Doctors Offer for Less, notes that large hospital-centric systems of care do not necessarily serve patients […]

There is a persistent narrative about emergency rooms. This narrative says that emergency rooms are overly expensive places to receive healthcare, that they are a cost drain on the hospitals they are attached to, and that they are a key driver of rising healthcare costs. A RAND study released this week challenges most of that […]