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Category: Affordable Care Act
[Anecdotes] Practicality, not idealism, should drive essential benefits
The Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) recently sent a to the Obama administration protesting the “grossly inadequate, skimpy, spartan standard” benefits made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the definition of essential health benefits. The – mistakingly deemed Continue Reading …
PROMETHEUS Fails to Enlighten Mankind
According to legend, Prometheus (the Greek Titan) brought fire and enlightenment to mankind. Unfortunately, PROMETHEUS (the payment system) has has not shed any positive light on the concept of payment reform. The fee-for-service payment system, the norm in the United Continue Reading …
The Essentials
Under the direction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), individuals and small businesses are to receive a certain package of diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services and products that are defined as “essential” by the Department Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] CLASS Cancelled
The Obama Administration has recently come to the conclusion that the CLASS Act, a minor stand-alone component of the Affordable Care Act, is unsustainable in its current form. The decision to stop implementation of the CLASS Act is a decision Continue Reading …
Quality over Quantity: Reforming Payment
A new research report from the RAND Corporation and sponsored by the National Quality Forum offers insight into for medical services. A response to the leading trend among health care payers to pay for quality instead of quantity, the lengthy Continue Reading …