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At The Precipice

Posted onJuly 27, 2017September 27, 2017AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

We stand at a defining point for health care in America. What is our next best step? Overwhelmingly, people believe that fixing the Affordable Care Act is the better way to proceed when compared with repealing and replacing a law Continue Reading …

CategoriesHealth reform, OP/notes

Does Pay-For-Performance Improve Outcomes?

Posted onJuly 26, 2017July 25, 2018AuthorBaylor MEERM 628

Throughout the modern history of medicine, health care has been paid for in a “fee-for-service” framework – physicians performed services and physicians were paid for those services accordingly. A common criticism is that fee-for-service incentivizes physicians towards overuse without improving Continue Reading …

CategoriesBaylor Journal Club, Pay for Performance (P4P), Quality

The Battle over Medicaid

Posted onJuly 19, 2017November 27, 2017AuthorEmma Sandoe, MPH

Over the last several weeks, a common debate on whether Medicaid improves health has reemerged in the context of the Republican health care proposals. Adding to this debate is a recent study of the experience of Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky, Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Affordability & Delivery System, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid

Celebrating 10 Years!

Posted onJuly 18, 2017July 12, 2017AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

As we embark on our 10th year of continuous publication, we wanted to thank you for reading our special brand of evidence-based health policy literature reviews. To reflect, here are our most popular posts from the past ten years: Individual Continue Reading …

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Get Well Senator McCain, But Take Your Time

Posted onJuly 17, 2017July 17, 2017AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

With Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) recovering from a medical procedure and unable to make it to Washington, DC for a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate has been forced to delay proceeding on this piece of legislation Continue Reading …

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