Post-Surgical Complications Treated Best at Same Hospital
June 19th 2015In a national study that included 9 million Americans, researchers found that the hospital a patient experiencing post-surgical complications returns to for readmission has an impact on the quality of care the patient receives.
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New AMA Policies Promote Integrated Care, Improve Healthcare Data Transparency
June 15th 2015A new policy emerged from the annual meeting of the American Medical Association that calls for increased access to and coverage of integrated medical and behavioral healthcare services for patients.
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5-Part Working Paper Series to Challenge Medicare Program for Coming Years
June 9th 2015The Center for Health Policy at Brookings and the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics came together for a half-day forum that concentrated on examining and studying the future of the Medicare program. In a 5-part working paper series, healthcare stakeholders examined trends, asked questions, and formulated proposals that would prepare the Medicare program for this incoming class of seniors.
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Spikes in Uncovered Medical Costs Concern Consumers Under Narrow Networks Plans
July 28th 2014The Obama administration and state insurance commissioners are developing new standards to oversee narrow networks as consumers begin to express concerns of limited physician choice and unexpected out-of-network costs.
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HHS Secretary Wastes No Time-Insurance Exchange Management Changes to Come
June 23rd 2014With just two weeks under her belt, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced a series of changes that will be made to the federal health insurance marketplace following the enrollment and technological problems that ensued the launch of healthcare.gov earlier this year.
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Hospitals Take Various Steps in Hopes of Decreasing "ER Frequent Fliers"
June 19th 2014As the bill for providing healthcare in the United States continues to grow, hospitals are finding that many of their expenses can be chalked up to patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart failure taking avoidable trips to the emergency room (ER).
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V-BID Changes Insurance Framework for Specialty Medications
June 6th 2014With specialty pharmaceuticals carrying extremely high-and rising-costs, nonadherence and discontinuation of therapy is becoming even more commonplace. The value-based insurance design (V-BID) model, so termed by A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Dean Smith, PhD, and Michael Chernew, MD, promotes personalized patient care by easing access to specialty medications while reducing the number of prescribed treatments of lesser value as a replacement.
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