Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
A great article came out on MSNBC “Where you live determines your quality of care ” - www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24777935/from/ET/. The point of this article was to illustrate how local / regional physician practices and hospital care patterns often determine the quality and type of care a patient receives. This is just one ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
In the July/August publication of Healthcare Executive by the American College of Healthcare Executives, the cover article "Building Partnerships: Addressing overuse, underuse, and misuse of care" explains why poorly managed healthcare relationships create inappropriate care utilization. One of the points in the article examines patient preferences as a source of utilization mismanagement:
"variation ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
The Washington Post reported yesterday that President Bush will once again delay the balanced budget paycuts for physician fees until a compromise solution can be worked out. Currently, Medicare pays only 80% of the cost of healthcare services for most providers. Further cuts will only promote cost-shifting to employers and increased service referrals ...
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