The amount of money insurers and payers spent on hospitals, doctor office visits, outpatient centers, labs and other healthcare providers increased 6.7% in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the same period a year ago, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
It’s the highest year-over-year spending growth uptick of any quarter since the first quarter of 2015, when the Census Bureau reported spending was 7.1% higher. Healthcare spending in the first quarter of this year went up 5.1%.The quarterly census data estimate the revenue of various industries.
