Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Medicare
Public plans and wait times
Merritt Hawkins, a for-profit, physician recruitment and workforce company, recently published a survey examining new patient access to physicians. Specifically, the survey recorded the time needed to schedule a new patient appointment with a physician in 15 major metropolitan markets Continue Reading …
To switch or not to switch?
Very few Medicare Part D enrollees switch plans each year even though doing so could save them money. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released an issue brief discussing the occurrence of prescription drug plan switching among Medicare Part D beneficiaries. Continue Reading …
P4P bonuses don’t necessarily improve quality
Yet another study fails to provide evidence that pay-for-performance yields additional quality improvement. Pay-for-performance (P4P) continues as one of multiple experimental policies aimed at improving health care quality. Many studies of varying merit have scrutinized numerous aspects of P4P, but Continue Reading …
Cost-shifting: no longer a concern?
A study refutes the theory of cost-shifting in health care and suggests private cost growth mirrors Medicare. Increasing costs of health care in the United States have been longstanding concerns. Several solutions have been proposed to address this issue; one Continue Reading …
Medicare Charged & Paid Different Amounts for Same Procedure
Dr. Andrew Gonzalez discusses the recent data from CMS indicating that Medicare pays different amounts to hospitals for the same exact procedure. Interestingly, hospitals charge tremendously different rates for identical procedures. The interview – in which he explains the difference Continue Reading …
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