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Category: Access to Care
Provider Service Networks Can Cut Costs
Provider service networks, and other case management programs, may reduce the cost of care in the long run. Florida’s Medicaid program has allowed for several pilot models under a Section 1115 waiver of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affecting 5 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 …
Medicaid expansion benefits emergency departments
Twenty-five states have still refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act; that’s bad news for ERs everywhere. A recent article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine analyzed the revenue increases due to emergency physicians for services delivered to 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 …
Will ObamaCare Flood the ER?
This guest post by emergency physician Seth Trueger reviews the evidence behind the common thought that expanding insurance under ObamaCare will lead to more visits to the ER. Originally appeared September 30, 2013 on MDAware.org. Open enrollment for the ACA Continue Reading …
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