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2012 Potpourri XXXVII

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Our latest Potpourri captures the excitement of the holidays with scintillating items on certificate of need program effects on utilization, the public’s views on health care costs and government’s role in health care, the cost of developing new drugs and a survey on physician compensation.

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Limits on Use of Nurse Practitioners

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Everyone is concerned about health spending growth, the primary cause of which is unit price increases. So why are obvious methods to reduce unit price of services, like substituting less-expensive providers, ignored? An article in Health Affairs looks at limitations of use of nurse practitioners.

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2012 Potpourri XXVIII

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Another brilliant edition of our Potpourri, focusing on individual health insurance rate reform, variation in traumatic care costs, genetic counseling and diabetes, small business and health care costs and savings from wellness programs.

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2012 Potpourri XV

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Another tremendous edition of our Potpourri, featuring accountable care organization results, waste in our health system, self-referral costs, calculating hospital readmission rates and the benefits, if any, of telemonitoring frail seniors.

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FDA Strategic Plan

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The Food & Drug Administration releases its strategic plan for regulatory science, identifying priority areas and implementation strategies for each. How the FDA carries out its strategy over the next few years will greatly affect both the medical products industry and overall health spending.

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FDA’s 510(k) Recommendations

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The FDA’s 510(k) medical device approval process has been criticized for requiring too little data on potentially harmful devices. The FDA undertook a review of the process and has issued a description of initial steps it plans to take, which the industry seems to view as acceptable.

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