"Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale" – Rudolf Virchow
Monday September 6th 2010

‘Medicare & Medicaid’ Archives

Reform left-overs make for tasty election issue

Reform left-overs make for tasty election issue

A year ago, the American people were up in arms over the health reform debate unfolding in [...]

Creating New Payment Strategies in Medicare

Creating New Payment Strategies in Medicare

Traditional fee-for-service payments for health care services are inefficient and reward volume [...]

“Meaningful Use” for EHR’s Defined

“Meaningful Use” for EHR’s Defined

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services set out definitions for the “meaningful [...]

The Dirigo Health Reforms

The Dirigo Health Reforms

The Dirigo Health Reform Act of 2003 in the state of Maine was enacted to improve cost, quality, [...]

The Doc Fix

The Doc Fix

Medicare compensates physicians via a universal fee schedule. To limit costs, the “Sustainable [...]

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