Kevin Roche – Page 647 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 02 2012

Another Pay-for-Performance Bust

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Makes sense that paying for better delivery of quality care would improve outcomes, but the research so far doesn't support that notion. The latest evidence is a study in the…

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Apr 02 2012

New York Times

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Sense of Peril for Health Law Gives Insurers Pause

Apr 02 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Families hoping to use Medicaid to help pay for long-term care are facing tougher restrictions—though some states are getting stricter than others.

Apr 02 2012

KaiserHealth News

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More employees are being asked to roll up their sleeves for medical tests — and to exercise, participate in disease management programs and quit smoking to qualify for hundreds, even thousands of dollars’ worth of premium or deductible discounts.

Apr 02 2012

Rolling Stone

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Don Berwick on the Fate of ‘Obamacare’

Apr 02 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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After six years, the 252 hospitals that participated in Premier Inc.’s large pay-for performance program, on which Medicare’s current value-based purchasing rules are based, did not have lower 30-day mortality rates compared with 3,363 non-participating hospitals

Mar 30 2012

2012 Potpourri XI

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Welcome to another Potpourri of health information, focusing on workers' comp medical prices, cost-sharing on asthma meds, the Medicare Advantage program, doctors' experience of quality improvement programs, a review of…

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Mar 29 2012

Chicago Tribune

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Hospitals fear loss of insurance payments if coverage mandate is struck down

Mar 29 2012

Fiscal Times

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If Mandate Goes, How Much Goes With It?

Mar 29 2012

ehealthnews.eu

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Tech savvy, well-informed baby boomers – “the power of the crowd” – will drive the adoption of ehealth, according to a new report from KPMG International

Mar 29 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Five months before Medicare’s hospital readmission penalties take effect, two groups of authors say Congress and the government are taking the wrong approach.

Mar 29 2012

Reuters

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A program to pay hospitals bonuses for hitting key performance measures, or dock them if they miss, failed to improve the health outcomes of patients, according to a large, long-term study

Mar 29 2012

2012 MedPAC Report

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Every year the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission puts out a report on its views on the current state of Medicare, its major issues and recommendations to Congress and the Centers…

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Mar 28 2012

Fiscal Times

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How Obamacare Derailed the Economic Recovery

Mar 28 2012

PR Newswire

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Water Street Healthcare Partners and Wind Point Partners announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to sell Physiotherapy Associates to Court Square Capital Partners.