Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Payment Systems
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 …
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 …
SGR Fix Requires Risk for Doctors
The SGR represents an annual fiscal cliff for doctors yet the political will to fix the problem eludes Congress. Over the last decade, Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula has become a troubling financial topic for policy makers and physicians Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2013
My prescription for health reform expands on the themes of tax reform, Medicaid, and physicians’ annual adventures with their own congressionally imposed fiscal cliff. Dysfunction and partisan bickering in Washington, DC has led to the nation approaching and plummeting off Continue Reading …
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