Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 54 Older Private Medicare Advantage plans continue to upcode for billions in extra payments February 5, 2021 By David J. Meyers, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Amal N. Trivedi, M.D., M.P.H. Medical Care, Official Journal of the Medical Care Section, American Public Health Association, February 2021 Abstract Background: In the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, private plans receive capitated payments that are adjusted based on their enrollees’ number and type of clinical conditions. Plans have the […] Quote of the Day Reining in health care costs February 4, 2021 By David Cutler, Ph.D. JAMA Health Forum, January 28, 2021 (Excerpts) From 2007 to 2019, the 2 most recent business cycle peaks, the growth of inflation-adjusted GDP per person averaged only 1.0% annually. That is down from 2.2% per year in the 1990s. An enormous share of this economic growth was taken by health care, […] Quote of the Day Clustering of out-of-pocket spending can produce financial hardship February 3, 2021 By Steven Chen, Paul R. Shafer, Stacie B. Dusetzina, and Michal Horný Health Affairs, February 2021 Abstract The distribution of out-of-pocket spending throughout the year is an important determinant of health care affordability that has received little attention. We used 2017 data from a large database of US commercial insurance claims to study the distribution […] Quote of the Day Medicare already improves access and affordability February 2, 2021 By Paul D. Jacobs Health Affairs, February 2021 Abstract Medicare pays for roughly one in four physician visits in the United States, yet a rigorous understanding of how Medicare currently affects access to and affordability of care for its enrollees is unavailable. Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey–Household Component and the National Health […] Quote of the Day Singapore fails to meet needs of marginalized February 1, 2021 By Tessa Oh Today, Updated January 31, 2021 Singapore’s healthcare system can do better by taking into consideration the experiences of people from marginalised communities in order to more effectively meet their healthcare needs. This point was raised by several speakers on Friday (Jan 29) during a panel discussion held at Yale-NUS College on how […] Quote of the Day Exorbitant prices of brand name drugs January 29, 2021 By Andrew W. Mulcahy, Christopher M. Whaley, Mahlet G. Tebeka, Daniel Schwam, Nathaniel Edenfield, Alejandro U. Becerra-Ornelas RAND, Research Report, January 28, 2021 Conclusion Although several prior studies compare drug prices in the United States with those in other countries, the most recent of these studies used data that are nearly a decade old. In […] Quote of the Day President Biden dodges health care reform January 28, 2021 By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Abby Goodnough and Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times, January 28, 2021 President Biden, seeking to expand access to health care and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, used his executive authority Thursday to order the reopening of enrollment in the health law’s marketplaces and a re-examination of Trump administration policies that […] Quote of the Day It is not hard to cut waste in health care January 27, 2021 By Amy Finkelstein The New York Times, January 22, 2021 Cutting waste while preserving critically important treatment is the holy grail of health care policy. One of the pandemic’s startling effects is that despite the overwhelming need for Covid-19 treatments and vaccinations, health care spending in the United States has declined sharply. This indiscriminate reduction […] Quote of the Day Health Economists May Be Getting The Supply-And-Demand Framework All Wrong January 26, 2021 By Alan Weil, Adam Gaffney Health Affairs, January 26, 2021 Have health economists been underestimating supply-side constraints when making predictions regarding cost and utilization for universal health coverage programs, such as Medicare For All? That’s certainly what Dr. Adam Gaffney, a pulmonary specialist from Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues posit in […] Quote of the Day Rural hospitals are closing January 25, 2021 United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), December 2020 What GAO Found GAO found that when rural hospitals closed, residents living in the closed hospitals’ service areas would have to travel substantially farther to access certain health care services. Specifically, for residents living in these service areas, GAO’s analysis shows that the median distance to access […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 54 Older
