Showing posts with label Annual Healthcare Costs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Annual Healthcare Costs. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Report: Americans Give Online Thumbs Down To #healthinsurers – Capsules - The KHN Blog #healthcare #hcsm #mdchat #rnchat

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By Christian Torres October 3rd, 2011, 6:02 AM Americans’ dislike for health insurers is a trending topic. Seventy percent of social media ...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Top 5 Don’ts for Doctors in Primary Care - By RONI CARYN RABIN-NYTimes.com

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Antibiotics for sore throats and CT scans for minor head injuries in children are among the most wasteful practices in primary care medici...
Friday, May 27, 2011

More primary care tied to lower death rates | Reuters

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Seniors living in areas with more primary care have slightly lower death rates and are less likely to end up in the hospital with a prevent...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Swimmer's ear is a common and expensive malady that can be prevented- Linda Shrieves, latimes.com

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By Linda Shrieves, Orlando Sentinel - Swimm...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Rising health care costs put focus on illegal immigrants - USATODAY.com

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Juan Perez had stomach pains for a month before deciding to visit a health clinic here that is open Thursday nights so migrant farmworkers ...

Action For Better Healthcare » Finally a roadmap for a coordinated approach to patient care

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released their long anticipated regulations dealing with ten pages of the 2,200-page March 2010...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Should Emergency Departments Turn Away Nonurgent Patients? - TIME

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A few weeks ago, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) launched a campaign to derail proposed policies to reduce the use of ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Autism Diagnoses Still More Likely in Richer Neighborhoods - Yahoo! News

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Poor children with autism are less likely than richer kids to have the condition diagnosed, but this disparity has decreased in recent ...

Accountable Care Organizations: Improving Care Coordination for People with Medicare | HealthCare.gov

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The Affordable Care Act includes a number of policies to help physicians, hospitals, and other caregivers improve the safety and quality of...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Rand: High-deductible health plans produce good and bad outcomes | Healthcare Finance News

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A new study by the Rand Corporation indicates people on high-deductible health plans significantly reduce their healthcare spending – but t...

Want Medicare To Pay For Home Care? See Your Doctor : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

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Starting next month, seniors getting health care in their homes will have to see a doctor to make sure they actually need the service. Ot...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Body Measurement Tracker | HealtheHuman

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Body Measurement Tracker Use the Body Measurements Tracker to keep track of your measurements over...

New Health Dialogue (NewHealthDialog) on Twitter

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New Health Dialogue @NewHealthDialog Washington, D.C. Policy blog focusing on issues of cost, coverage, and quality in health ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Most Canadians see health care as top issue: poll - CTV News

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A growing number of Canadians see health care, ahead of the economy, as the top issue facing the country, according to a new poll. The ...

amednews: Model legislation drafted for out-of-network balance billing :: March 29, 2011 ... American Medical News

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A legislative organization calls on hospitals, insurers and physicians to disclose when patients must pay for care. By Emily Berry , ame...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed - The Commonwealth Fund

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An estimated nine million working-age adults—57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lost—became uninsured in ...

Poll: Americans Are (Still) Confused About Health-Care Overhaul Law - Health Blog - WSJ

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More than half of Americans say they don’t fully understand the health-care overhaul law, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation ...
Monday, March 28, 2011

amednews: More adults going without medical care because of costs :: March 28, 2011 ... American Medical News

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More working-age Americans are going without health insurance and not seeking physician care for injuries or illness because they can't...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

'Dispense As Written' Prescriptions May Add $7.7 Billion To Annual Health Care Costs, Researchers Found

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About 5% of prescriptions submitted by CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) members in a 30-day period during 2009 included a &qu...