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Last week the President waded directly into the national debate over "ObamaCare" by calling a big media event in the East Room of the White House to talk about the $100 rebates a small percentage of potentially eligible people are getting under the new health law.
The adage of everything old becomes new again is proving true. Physician house calls are making a comeback and disrupting today's healthcare system.
Medicare is considering assigning stars or some other easily understood symbol to hospitals so patients can more easily compare the quality of care at various institutions.
Being located in the popular tourist destination of Charleston, S.C., Frederick Schaffer, MD, knows firsthand that it is never easy working with patients vacationing from out of town. He shared with Healthcare Finance News five tips for doctors working with summer vacationers.
A year into the Pioneer ACOs program and participating organizations are already showing reductions in costs and improvements in care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday.
As nearly every industry in the country has struggled in the recent recession, healthcare has bucked the trend, continually adding jobs and helping to fuel the country's economic recovery.
The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Marilyn Tavenner, is out with a "Myths vs. Fact" clarification memo regarding the waiver of the employer mandate and whether the new health insurance exchanges will verify people's incomes when calculating subsidies.
The integrated care model has been touted as being able to deliver better care for patients and lower costs and improve efficiencies for the healthcare system but a recent study of the model in the United Kingdom by RAND Europe reports lukewarm results.
Workplace wellness programs are becoming increasingly popular among employers but they are not likely having immediate positive effects on the amount employers end up spending on healthcare coverage for their employees.
DealWell, a new company that offers online health care deals, is the subject of a story on KERA, the NPR station in Dallas. I'm quoted in the audio and text versions.