Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Revising Physician Reimbursement
The Society of General Internal Medicine provides 12 recommendations for reforming payment of physicians. It is commonly thought that the best way to abort the meteoric rise in health care costs is to move toward reimbursing quality and away from Continue Reading …
Medicare Charged & Paid Different Amounts for Same Procedure
Dr. Andrew Gonzalez discusses the recent data from CMS indicating that Medicare pays different amounts to hospitals for the same exact procedure. Interestingly, hospitals charge tremendously different rates for identical procedures. The interview – in which he explains the difference Continue Reading …
Complementary Coverage in Canada’s Medicare Program
Complimentary private insurance improves utilization of medication among Canadian seniors with Medicare. Medication non-adherence is a large factor affecting health and ultimately the cost of care. One reason that patients may not take medications may be because they are unable Continue Reading …
Is there a benefit to care management?
Care management requires nurses to engage patients with hopes of reducing costs and improving outcomes. Care management programs often utilize direct communication between patients and nurses to encourage appropriate treatment while ultimately reducing visits to emergency rooms and hospitals. Besides Continue Reading …
Hospitals Immune to Recession
Hospital prices continued to climb during the Great Recession. The unanswered question, however, is why? As the stock market fell to begin the Great Recession, hospital charges to patients and insurance companies rose. A recent article in the American Journal Continue Reading …
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