Search results for "health care costs"
Haggling over health care reform is like a children's game
Health care reform has made progress with internists already seeing bonus reimbursement in their offices. But the Affordable Care Act is about to run smack into the Supreme Court, and what happens there could result in any range of outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2012
Genetic tests are being used more, and they're worth it
Molecular diagnostics tests could cost Americans $15 billion to $25 billion by the end of the next decade. Physicians believe the tests are warranted, although they're skeptical about costs and their ability to interpret them properly for patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/genomics.htm
1 May 2012
States eye health care reform if federal law is overturned
The Supreme Court is ruling on the constitutionality of health care reform, leaving states in the position of having to plan for any eventuality. Letting the states take the lead in health care reform remains a viable option.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/washington.htm
1 May 2012
Does the United States pay its doctors and hospitals too much?
The United States won't control health care costs until it addresses the excessive prices it pays for some health care services.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2012
‘PharManure’ and some drugs to hate the most
Drugs that made this doctor's least-most-wanted list, presented at Internal Medicine 2012, included those that increase costs without improving care, or that raise the risk of antibiotic resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/06/pharmanure.htm
1 Jun 2012
Commercial screening tests not always indicated, ethical
Commercial screening tests marketed directly to the consumer are not always indicated or ethical, according to a recent opinion piece.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/5.htm
28 Aug 2012
Teaching diabetes self-management ‘basic survival skills'
Diabetes self-management education is cost-efficient and can improve A1c levels “far greater” than the effect required to approve a new drug for the disease. Smartphones, health coaches and educators are part of the new paradigm to help patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/diabetes.htm
1 Sep 2012
New Patient Care Program aims to engage patients and reduce costs
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently launched a Patient Care Program that seeks to eliminate all preventable harms to patients and reduce complications and patient readmissions that could be averted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/18/8.htm
18 Sep 2012
After-hours physician access associated with lower patient expenditures
Patients who could visit their doctors on nights and weekends spent 10% less on health care than those without extended-hours access, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/18/1.htm
18 Sep 2012
Spending on physician services, take two
Reform is required in how physicians are paid, including a more rigorous analysis of the relative value of services and compensation for the cognitive work done outside of the patient encounter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2012