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Category: Health care costs
Maryland sets hospital rates
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most sweeping piece of healthcare legislation passed in decades. While authorized at the federal level, much of the implementation of the law depends on state-level execution. From decisions on Medicaid expansion to shaky Continue Reading …
Understanding Implications of the Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data
This week, Medicare’s public release of “Provider Utilization and Payment Data” has caused quite a stir. Yet, it has raised more questions than it has answered. From what I have read on Facebook and Twitter, there seems to be widespread confusion concerning Continue Reading …
Make it rain!
I decided to search the New York Times database to figure out how much money the contributors to this blog made off of Medicare after the uproar yesterday about overpaid doctors. I was a bit disappointed to find out that Continue Reading …
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 …
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