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Category: Health care costs
Medical Prices are all Over the Map
For people with private insurance, the same health services cost thousands of dollars more in different states across the nation, different cities within the same state, and even in different parts of a single city. A knee replacement, including the Continue Reading …
Retail Clinics: a Supplement not a Substitute for Traditional Health Care Choices
In recent years, patients have been increasingly demanding access to outpatient care. Retail clinics aim to supply this demand by providing a cost effective and convenient solution. First opening in 2000, retail clinics have expanded exponentially and accounted for 10.5 Continue Reading …
Estimating Operating Room Time Improves Medicare Billing
Currently, physician fees for surgical services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries are largely governed by the resource-based relative value scale. Under this framework, relative value units (RVUs) are used to measure the physician time and effort associated with a particular procedure. Continue Reading …
U.S. Taxpayers Pay for Two-Thirds of Healthcare
Who pays for health care in the United States? Public perception lays the burden of health care spending on individuals and private entities, and estimates from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirms those beliefs. This understanding of Continue Reading …
“I’m from the Government & I’m here to help”
Despite fears of failing Marketplaces, death spirals, and a recent threat by UnitedHealth to withdraw from the Marketplaces altogether, researchers find that insurer participation and Marketplace offerings increased between 2014 and 2015. The data also show that each additional insurer Continue Reading …