Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 … 53 Older John Geyman’s ‘Long-Term Care in America’ February 5, 2020 By John Geyman, M.D. Copernicus Healthcare Preface Providing personal and compassionate long-term care for aging seniors and people with disabilities has been a challenge over the last 100 years in this country. It has become much more of a challenge in recent years for a number of reasons, including its unaffordability even for well-off families, […] Quote of the Day The State of America’s Children February 4, 2020 Children’s Defense Fund, February 3, 2010 Introduction For years our country has fallen short of its promise to its children, and as we enter a new decade, the situation for many children is only growing more dire. One in six children in America lives in poverty, with income inequality having grown to the widest gap […] Quote of the Day The MIPS mess February 3, 2020 By Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC Medscape, January 29, 2020 If you’ve knocked yourself out to earn a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) bonus payment, it’s pretty safe to say that getting a 1.68% payment boost probably didn’t feel like a “win” that was worth the effort. And although it saved you from having a […] Quote of the Day Medicare Advantage overpayments explained January 31, 2020 By Richard Kronick Health Affairs Blog, January 29, 2020 In the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress gave the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the statutory authority and obligation to implement a “coding intensity adjustment” for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, to adjust for differences in patterns of diagnosis coding between MA and traditional […] Quote of the Day Here they come – block grants for Medicaid January 30, 2020 CMS.gov, January 30, 2020 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing a new opportunity to support states with greater flexibility to improve the health of their Medicaid populations. The Healthy Adult Opportunity (HAO) emphasizes the concept of value-based care while granting states with extensive flexibility to administer and design their programs within […] Quote of the Day UK’s secret? Social solidarity. January 29, 2020 The UK has one of the most equitable health care systems in the world. Here’s how. By Ezra Klein Vox, January 28, 2020 The UK spends barely half what we do, covers everyone, rarely lets cost prove a barrier for people seeking care, and boasts health outcomes better than ours. Which raises the question: How […] Quote of the Day In spite of ACA, affordability of care is being undermined for too many January 29, 2020 By Laura Hawks, M.D.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; David H. Bor, M.D.; Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; Danny McCormick, M.D., M.P.H. JAMA Internal Medicine, January 27, 2020 Key Points Question: Has unmet need for physician services shifted for US adults between 1998 and 2017? Findings: Using data from US adults aged 18 […] Quote of the Day Redistribution of health care costs January 27, 2020 By Katherine Grace Carman, Ph.D.; Jodi Liu, Ph.D.; Chapin White, Ph.D. HSR, Health Services Research, January 27, 2020 What This Study Adds Health care financing arrangements are designed to redistribute funds for health care expenditures. Higher‐income households pay the most to finance health care in dollar amounts, but the burden of payments as a share […] Quote of the Day 16 minutes EHR time per ambulatory patient? Get real! January 24, 2020 By J. Marc Overhage, M.D., Ph.D. and David McCallie Jr., M.D. Annals of Internal Medicine, January 14, 2020 Abstract Background: The amount of time that providers spend using electronic health records (EHRs) to support the care delivery process is a concern for the U.S. health care system. Given the potential effect on patient care and […] Quote of the Day Stagnant incomes and health care subsidies January 23, 2020 By Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam Brookings, January 21, 2020 The state of the American middle class is a hot topic on the campaign trail and in the policy community. As we have shown before, income growth for the middle class, defined as the middle 60 percent of the income distribution, is falling behind […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 … 53 Older
