Stethoscope and dollars Despite the wide reach of the Choosing Wisely campaign and its success at raising awareness, progress in reducing low-value care use and spending has been modest at best. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Although discussions about reducing health care costs often focus on high-value care, so-called low-value care may be overlooked. However, low-value care, which is defined as services that provide no or minimal benefit to patients in specific clinical situations, costs an estimated $76 billion to $101 billion annually in the United States.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

Consumer Driven Health Care
Core and Group Health
Health Care Reform
Employer-Paid