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References for "Increasing Hospital Costs".   Aug. 8st, 2012   View Op-Ed

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report of Rising Healthcare Costs and Consolidation:  Gaynor M, and Town R. The impact of hospital consolidation – Update. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. June 2012.  Download Report http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2012/rwjf73261  

Hospital Employment of Physicians:   Kocher R, Sahni NR. (2011) Hospitals' race to employ physicians--the logic behind a money-losing proposition. New England Journal of Medicine. 2011May; 364(19), 1790-3. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1101959  

Same Doctor Visit, Double the Cost:  Mathews AW, Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/
SB10000872396390443713704577601113671007448.htm

Medicare Pays Hospital Employed Doctors More:  Medicare Payment Advisory Committee Report to Congress. March 2012 Mar; pXIV. http://www.medpac.gov/documents/Mar12_EntireReport.pdf

Hospital Ownership:

Moody’s Investors Service. New wave of not-for-profit hospital consolidation generally positive. 2012 Mar; from http://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-New-wave-of-not-for-profit-hospital-consolidation-generally--PR_239897 

Weiner SM and Niewenhous MD. Private Equity's Interest in Non-Profit Hospitals: What's Next? HealthLeadersMedia. Feb. 14,2012. http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/FIN-262582/Private-Equitys-Interest-in-NonProfit-Hospitals-Whats-Next

Caramenico A. Hospital Groups grow with insurer, private equity partners. FierceHealthCare. 2012 Mar. 8; From http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hospital-groups-grow-insurer-private-equity-partners/2012-03-08 

(7) Fuchs VR, Schaeffer LC. If Accountable Care Organizations Are the Answer, Who Should Create Them? JAMA. 2012;307(21):2261-2. PMID: 22706830. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1172053

Hospital Governance: 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Federal Register. (42 CFRParts 482 and 485) 2012;77(95):29034-29040. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/CFCsAndCoPs/Downloads/CMS-3244-F.pdf

American Hospital Association, CMS reconsidering board medical staff requirement.AHA News.com. June 18, 2012. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_061812_CoP&
domain=AHANEWS

High Cost of Healthcare in Massachusetts. 

Overland D. Can the reform law replicate success in Massachusetts? in Massachusetts? FierceHealthPayer. June 8, 2012. http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/can-reform-law-replicate-success-massachusetts/2012-07-08  

Coakley, M. Examination of Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers. MassachusettsAttorney General. March 16, 2010. http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/healthcare/healthcare.pdfare/

Martha Coakley - June 22, 20111
http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/healthcare/2011-hcctd-full.pdf     

Kliff S. Massachusetts promises to rein in health-care costs. Experts question whether it can deliver.   The Washington Post.    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/massachusetts-promises-to-reign-in-health-care-costs-experts-question-whether-it-can-deliver/2012/05/30/gJQAmkLX1U_blog.htmlQAmkLX1U_blog.html  

Ayanian JZ, Van der Wees, PJ.  Tackling Rising Health Care Costs in Massachusetts"  NEJM  2012, Aug. 15. 
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1208710  

Health Insurance Becoming Unaffordable.  Young RA, DeVoe JE. Who will have health insurance in the future? An updated projection. Ann Fam Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;10(2):156-62. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22412008