MedPAC weighs in unasked on some proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage program; objecting to CMS' intent to limit benefit design flexibility on home health care and to CMS's proposed…
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Once more into the Potpourri breach, this week covering CBO's scoring of a repeal of PPACA; a global wellness survey; Medicare's failure to use its data to identify abusive providers;…
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The Agency for HealthCare Research & Quality released a brief on hospitalizations among the elderly. This category of service accounts for a significant and growing portion of national health spending…
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Happy New Year and a prosperous 2011 to all of you, a prosperity which undoubtedly will be aided by the insights from our Potpourris, which this week include physicians' use…
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CMS released the initial report on its plan to modernize its computer systems, which understandably could cause trepidation among the millions of beneficiaries and providers who will be affected. The…
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Another week, another Potpourri, this one detailing items including high deductible insurance and delay of care; another study looking at HDHP and well-child care; a quality comparison of Medicare Advantage…
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The snow is raging here in Minneapolis, but nothing stops the delivery of our Potpourri, which includes discussion of paybacks on EHRs, the fate of dialysis patients, use of telecommunciations…
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One of the premises of the movement to constrain health spending is that there is a lot of wasteful care in some geographic areas. A notable New Yorker article last…
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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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