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Medicare paid me $112,134
Click the image to see how much Medicare paid me in 2012. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a massive amount of information today regarding how much money it paid out to individual doctors. For the policy nerds Continue Reading …
Can telemedicine save money?
This study capitalized on a natural experiment: A company that owned several nursing homes in Massachusetts decided to invest in telemedicine, technology that allows patients and doctors two-way communication via videoconferencing. To study its effects, researchers convinced the company to Continue Reading …
#PolicyRx14
The First Policy Prescriptions® Symposium & Contributor Retreat April 5 & 6, 2014 Lancaster Hotel / 701 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002 /(713) 228-9500 /thelancaster.com Saturday, April 5, 2014 12pm Opening Lunch and Networking 2pm Who are we? The history, Continue Reading …
Report cards for hospitals
There has been increasing interest in public reporting of hospital and individual physician performance. Currently, most of these public reports have been utilized by payers and referring physicians, but they will ultimately be tied to reimbursement and payment schedules with Continue Reading …
ACA Sign Up Deadline Looming
Have you signed up for health care on HealthCare.Gov? Or do you have your own through your employer or spouse? Covered under your parents’ plan? Let us know your experiences in the comments! And in the meantime, watch this Snoop Continue Reading …
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