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Category: Access to Care
Scrambling to rescue ACO’s
Health care systems such as the Mayo and Cleveland clinics – which are organized the way policy makers envision accountable care organizations – initially balked at the rules proposed by CMS. Now, the rules have changed. After receiving a significant Continue Reading …
Undocumented: Uninsured & Ignored
Undocumented immigrants account for 1 out of every 7 uninsured people in the United States. Simply ignoring them will not make the issue disappear. As of March 2010, there were an estimated 11.2 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Continue Reading …
On the Horizon: Individual Insurance Market Changes
A description of the individual health insurance market shows that premiums tend to be lower, and benefits less expansive, than in the group or employer-sponsored market. But change is right over the horizon. The authors of the current study proclaim 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 …
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 …