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(Non)Pay for (Non)Performance
A recent Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine explores Medicare’s plan to cease payments for 8 conditions – often reported as secondary diagnoses upon hospital discharge – that should never occur. Among these include: (1) objects left inside Continue Reading …
Medical Malpractice: Crisis or just another controversy?
Malpractice expenses represent less than 10 percent of medical practice costs. Evidence for a nation-wide malpractice crisis is not apparent. A recent investigation utilizes data collected by the American Medical Association on physician incomes, practice expenses, and practice characteristics. The Continue Reading …
Is access to care worse in US than in Canada?
The major advocates for a single-payer health insurance system in the United States released the results of the Joint Canada/US Survey of Health offering support for their belief the US should model is health care system after Canada’s. This large Continue Reading …
The Future of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Employer-sponsored health insurance, the predominant form of health coverage in the United States, is becoming harder to find.
Physician Prescribing Patterns
Pharmaceutical companies have paid over $1 billion to know physician prescribing patterns.