Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Protecting the Good Doctors
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined whether protecting doctors from could curb unnecessary health care costs, particularly in the emergency department where patients are high-risk and information about patients is often incomplete. This environment, Continue Reading …
Don’t Sue Me Bro
You walk into your doctor’s office with a headache. Like most people, before you made the appointment you did a quick Google search with your symptoms, and are now convinced you have a brain tumor—a meningioma maybe. WebMD says that Continue Reading …
Arming the informed consumer
In most sectors of the economy, the more you pay, the higher quality you get. Medical diagnostics and imaging are an exception to this rule, with some tests priced at 10 times the cost of other facilities in the same Continue Reading …
To privatize or not to privatize?
As the business of health care continues to evolve, so does the strategic structuring of many health care organizations across the nation. With diminishing funds from local or state governments, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and intensifying competition, many 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 …