Archive for September, 2015

• HSCRC and CRISP: Next Steps for the Medicare Waiver and the Health Information Exchange

  • September 24th, 2015
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  As the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) transitions into “phase 2” of the All Payer Medicare Waiver, they will be monitoring Medicare’s creation of alternative payment methodologies as a guide for Maryland. The HSCRC has issued a solicitation to hire a consultant to help direct the next phase of… Read More

• President’s Message

  • September 24th, 2015
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  -Loralie Ma, M.D. Information Asymmetry and the Role of the Patient in the Healthcare Marketplace Much has been written on information asymmetry by economists – a transaction where one party has more, or better, information than the other. In business, this leads to an imbalance of power in transactions, which… Read More