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Medicare paid me $112,134

Posted onApril 9, 2014September 22, 2021AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP6 Comments

Click the image to see how much Medicare paid me in 2012. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a massive amount of information today regarding how much money it paid out to individual doctors. For the policy nerds Continue Reading …

CategoriesHealth care costs, Medicare, OP/notes

Can telemedicine save money?

Posted onApril 7, 2014July 1, 2016AuthorLaura Medford-Davis, MD, MS1 Comment

This study capitalized on a natural experiment: A company that owned several nursing homes in Massachusetts decided to invest in telemedicine, technology that allows patients and doctors two-way communication via videoconferencing. To study its effects, researchers convinced the company to Continue Reading …

CategoriesAffordability & Delivery System, Health care costs, Health IT

#PolicyRx14

Posted onApril 5, 2014September 9, 2018AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

The First Policy Prescriptions® Symposium & Contributor Retreat April 5 & 6, 2014 Lancaster Hotel / 701 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002 /(713) 228-9500 /thelancaster.com Saturday, April 5, 2014   12pm Opening Lunch and Networking 2pm Who are we? The history, Continue Reading …

CategoriesEducation & Events, Symposium

Report cards for hospitals

Posted onMarch 31, 2014June 25, 2014AuthorEllana Stinson, MD, MPH

There has been increasing interest in public reporting of hospital and individual physician performance. Currently, most of these public reports have been utilized by payers and referring physicians, but they will ultimately be tied to reimbursement and payment schedules with Continue Reading …

CategoriesQuality, Workforce

ACA Sign Up Deadline Looming

Posted onMarch 31, 2014April 2, 2014AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Have you signed up for health care on HealthCare.Gov? Or do you have your own through your employer or spouse? Covered under your parents’ plan? Let us know your experiences in the comments! And in the meantime, watch this Snoop Continue Reading …

CategoriesAffordable Care Act, Health reform

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