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Apr 22 2010

CMS ONC

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

CMS ONC: Estimated Financial Effects of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” as Amended

Apr 22 2010

Misleading VA Health Information System Numbers

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EMRs are posited to provide enormous benefits to the health system. The Veteran's Administration has one of the most comprehensive large EMR installations. An article in Health Affairs provides a…

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Apr 21 2010

UnitedHealth Group’s Suggestions for Medicaid Savings

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The new health law greatly expands Medicaid and government spending. Figuring out how to keep that spending from breaking state budgets will be difficult. A large national health plan company…

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Apr 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Drug companies sharply raised prices last year, ahead of increased rebates they must pay to Medicaid and other expenses tied to the federal health overhaul passed last month.

Apr 19 2010

Patients’ Knowledge and Its Effect on Cost

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One theory of the consumer-directed health movement has been that educated and motivated patients will make better value-based decisions regarding their health care, helping to reduce overall costs. A recent…

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Apr 16 2010

USA Today

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It’s low-hanging fruit to rid our system of procedures and tests that we’re spending a lot of money on that are actually making people worse

Apr 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Asked how the new law will affect the growth in medical costs, 24 economists said it will accelerate growth, seven said it will slow growth somewhat and 15 said it will have little-to-no effect.

Apr 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Interventional radiologists say they can save on health-care costs in the long run because most procedures don’t require expensive hospital stays

Apr 12 2010

Health Care, the Federal Deficit and Federal Debt

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A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine reminds us that health care has been a major contributor to the federal deficit and consequently the national debt and that…

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Apr 09 2010

What! Massachusetts Again? Yep, With a Side of Maine and New York

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States that supposedly led the way on health care reform are finding out it was the bleeding edge that they were on. Insurers are always the easy target, but bashing…

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Apr 07 2010

Washington Post

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A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise – and sometimes done unnecessarily

Apr 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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As insurers wrestle with the changes coming from the federal health overhaul in Washington, they also face challenges at the state level from regulators seeking to head off big premium hikes.

Apr 02 2010

Bloomberg

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Sales of prescription drugs in the U.S. rose 5.1 percent last year, a rebound from 2008, led by demand for antidepressants and cancer medicines.

Apr 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A unit of WellPoint Inc. dropped Stellaris Health Network, a four-hospital chain in Westchester, N.Y., from its network after Stellaris asked for a 15% increase in reimbursement payments from the health insurer.

Apr 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Congress acquiesced to Obama’s insistence that it create a presidentially appointed Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) to craft ways to slow Medicare spending that will take effect automatically unless Congress votes to reject them.

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