Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Megan Douglas, JD
Ms. Douglas is our Associate Editor for the Satcher Health Policy Journal Club. Currently she is Policy Director for the National Center for Primary Care and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She received her law degree from Georgia State University. She received a BS in Biology from Virginia Tech.
Barking up the wrong tree
Medical liability accounts for only 2.4% of all health care costs, yet medical malpractice reform is often hailed as a critical ingredient to reducing costs. Though capping non-economic damages—those that compensate patients for their pain, suffering, emotional distress, and disfigurement Continue Reading …
Cheating the system
The controversial practice of using electronic health record (EHR) systems to “upcode” Medicare claims has attracted the attention of policymakers and triggered targeted audits by the Department of Health and Human Services. “Upcoding” refers to the selection of billing codes Continue Reading …
Insuring Our Nations Veterans
Myth: All United States military veterans receive health insurance. Fact: More than 1.5 million U.S. veterans were uninsured in 2010. A recent article in the American Journal of Public Health examined the impact of the Affordable Care Act on military Continue Reading …
Health IT is worth the investment
Health information technology (HIT) is changing the delivery of health care. The federal government has spent billions of dollars to assist physicians and hospitals use HIT to improve outcomes. and a recent one found that HIT also has positive financial benefits Continue Reading …