The Office of Inspector General issues a work plan every year which gives guidance on potential areas of mismanagement, fraud and abuse in federal programs. This year's plan reveals continuing…
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The General Accounting Office gives its perspective on the viability of the per capita method of physician resource use profiling by Medicare and provides useful insight into the topic of…
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Researchers at the University of California suggest that if workers' compensation medical care were moved to general health insurance, the administrative savings would pay for expanded access in reform bills.
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CMS released its rule changes for physician payments in Medicare. Significant cuts are set forth in the rule's 1669 pages, sure to spark a strong response from the physician community…
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The Lewin Group has issued a report on comparative effectiveness research and personalized medicine, indicating the need for integration of the latter into the former.
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The Congressional Budget Office releases its preliminary analysis of the House health care reform bill, finding it will expand coverage to most legal citizens and reduce the deficit.
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Another edition of our thrilling, perhaps even chilling collection of health care tidbits for your Halloween edification.
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Net neutrality sounds good to some but a Brookings commentary indicates it may cause problems for health care users.
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Deloitte Touche releases another report on medical tourism, anticipating continued strong growth for the sector as patients become more comfortable with its safety and continue to seek lower-cost health care.
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The Center for Health Care Strategies release an updated report on Medicaid enrollees with chronic disease, reaffirming how a relatively few patients account for well over half the total program…
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A Harris poll looks at Americans' attitudes toward mobile healthcare and finds that those who use health care the most are also the most disengaged from these new technologies.
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An analysis from the CMS Office of Actuary examines the effects of the current House of Representatives health care reform bill and finds that while it would substantially reduce the…
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A study finds a modest link between fully functional EHRs and performance on HEDIS quality measures by Massachusetts physicians.
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JAMA publishes an article on some common screenings, suggesting a new strategy that would attempt to identify and screen only high risk individuals and would limit treatment to tumors demonstrated…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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