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Incentives for ACOs Outweigh Meaningful Use
Of the initiatives the federal government has launched in an effort to advance quality, encourage efficiency, and reduce the cost of health care, the (ACO) model continues to succeed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ authorization to disburse incentive Continue Reading …
A Punch to the Gut for Young Americans
Appendicitis is not pleasant. Commonly described as a dull mid-abdominal ache that sharpens as it moves toward the right lower quadrant, it is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Worse than appendicitis, however, are the possible complications of a ruptured Continue Reading …
Time to Join the War against High Drug Prices
The cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. is constantly in the news, with the public becoming aware of increasing prices for off-patent drugs from the obscure Daraprim (up almost 5500% overnight from $13.50 to $700 per capsule) to the Continue Reading …
ACA’s Biggest Winners: Long-Term Uninsured
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the largest expansion of health insurance coverage in the United States in the roughly fifty years since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. However, the ACA differs from prior expansions which largely targeted specific Continue Reading …
A Pathway to Expanding Coverage & Modernizing Medicaid
Some believe the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is destined for failure and that rising prices in the individual market indicate it has entered a death spiral. The new administration and the 115th Congress echo, and likely are attempting to facilitate, this Continue Reading …
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