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Medicaid: Equal yet Unequal
Time spent and interventions conducted for Medicaid and private patients are similar; yet outcomes are not. Critics of , particularly state leaders who have chosen not to expand Medicaid, argue that Medicaid provides a lower quality of care through a Continue Reading …
Variation in Private Insurance Payments
Health insurers pay vastly different sums for the care they purchase based largely on geography. Understanding payment variation in health care services is essential to improving quality and reducing costs. Yet, few studies have examined price variation outside of Medicare Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Compensation for Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Arising from Medical Injury
A few months ago I wrote about a proposal in the Florida legislature to create a Patient Compensation System. In this system, an injured patient would file a claim with the help of a patient advocate, a medical review department Continue Reading …
EHR Update: Hospitals (2013)
Less than half of the nation’s hospitals have met the criteria for meaningful use of electronic health records. The US health care system is undergoing a substantial overhaul to the way clinicians, clinics, and hospitals record, track, and share health Continue Reading …
Are You in Love with Mary Jane?
Does the availability of medical marijuana increase the risk of recreational use among teens? Data suggest not. Since 1996, when California became the first state in the US to pass a medical marijuana law (MML) and provided broad protection against Continue Reading …
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