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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Nurse practitioners are charting a new course - Roanoke.com

A turf war with potential economic, political and health care consequences is under way in Virginia.

It has been gaining momentum for years, having already been fought in other states.

In short, nurse practitioners -- advanced practice registered nurses with either a master's degree or a doctorate -- want to change the law that requires them to be supervised by a physician.

At stake, they argue, is the ability for patients to be seen by a qualified health professional in a timely and geographically convenient way. They point to people who struggle to find a provider to diagnose and treat them, specifically patients in rural communities or those insured by Medicaid or Medicare, as a reason for changing the law.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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

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 Nanos Research poll, conducted for CTV and The Globe and Mail, comes on the eve of a federal budget that is expected to focus on job creation and Canada's economic recovery.

It found that nearly 30 per cent of respondents, when unprompted, said health care was the top priority (percentage-point change from last month in brackets):

  • Health care: 29.2 per cent (+6.3)
  • Jobs / Economy: 18.1 per cent (-2.1)
  • Education: 8.8 per cent (+3.5)
  • Environment: 7.5 per cent (-2.8)
  • Debt: 3.8 per cent (-1.4)
  • Unsure: 9.1 per cent (-3.3)

Last April, with Canada still staggering from a worldwide recession, more than half of all Canadians felt the economy was the top issue.

Health care, by contrast, fell below 15 per cent.

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

A legislative organization calls on hospitals, insurers and physicians to disclose when patients must pay for care.

By Emily Berry, amednews staff. Posted March 29, 2011.

As several states consider whether, or how, to restrict balance billing by out-of-network physicians, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators on March 6 adopted model legislation on the issue.

Rather than explicitly banning or allowing physicians to bill patients when insurance doesn't cover what a physician is owed, the model legislation calls for greater transparency on the part of hospitals, insurers and doctors to alert patients to the possibility that they could end up paying out of pocket for care.

The model bill builds on laws recently adopted in Louisiana and Texas, according to NCOIL's announcement.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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

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

The 53% who say they’re confused is only slightly less than the 55% who reported the same last April, shortly after the law was passed. The confusion rate dipped to a low of 42% in June in the past year.

Last month’s Kaiser poll found that almost half of those surveyed thought — incorrectly — that the law had been repealed.

In general, people remain divided in their feelings about the law, with 42% viewing it favorably and 46% viewing it unfavorably, Kaiser says. And not surprisingly, people identifying as Democrats generally have a positive view, while Republicans are strongly opposed. Independents are split, though they’re leaning towards a negative view (49%) rather than a positive one (37%).

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Branded drug prices soar as generic pressure rises | Reuters

Pharmacists in Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals package generic versions of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride 750 mg which will be exported to the U.S. and Western markets in Amman February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

LOS ANGELES | Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:46am EDT

LOS ANGELES

(Reuters) - U.S. prices for brand-name drugs are rising faster than ever as patents expire on top-selling medicines and the pharmaceutical industry nervously eyes the future of healthcare reform.

Prices for the 15 best-selling drugs rose by much higher rates in 2010 than they did in each of the last five years, according to exclusive data from Thomson Reuters MarketScan, which measured the average cost of a daily dose as shown in medical claims data.

Two thirds of the drugs saw double-digit price hikes, well above inflation of 1.6 percent in 2010 measured by the consumer price index. The analysis indicates drug makers are scrambling to make as much money as possible from blockbuster drugs before their patents expire, while taking advantage of the fact that last year's healthcare reform bill did not cap drug prices.

According to MarketScan, payments for Pfizer Inc's Lipitor rose 11.4 percent last year, compared with 5 percent annually from 2005 to 2010. That meant the cost of a daily dose of the cholesterol drug rose from $3.17 at the end of 2009 to $3.53 at the end of 2010. Lipitor, which will soon lose patent protection, had 2010 global sales of $10.7 billion.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Health Care and You

  • The Affordable Care Act – One Year Later

    We’ve seen some changes in health care over the past...

  • GAO report shows success in health insurer appeals

    According to a Government Accountability Office report, as many as 50 percent of insurance appeals...

  • 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

    A new survey from the Commonwealth Fund finds 9 million adults became uninsured in the...

  • HHS: Seniors using new reform law benefit

    A new HHS report shows that more than 150,000 seniors have received an annual wellness...

  • New site explains healthcare reform law to pharmacists, patients

    Modern Medicine gives an overview of the coalition and its goal to educate health care...

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    Why Families Need Health Care Reform Now More Than Ever « MomsRising Blog

    We, as a global community, could and should be doing more if we value our women. The majority of the global burden of maternal deaths occurs in the developing world. In fact, 66% occur in just 11 countries. While this statistic is an unjust reality, it may not be all that surprising. What did rattle me was the fact that the United States was ranked behind 40 other countries with regard to maternal care, leaving us in 41st place.

    As recently as last year, this number has dropped again. According to new UN data released late last year, we now find ourselves behind 49 other countries, positioning ourselves in 50th place when it comes to a woman’s risk of dying from complications during pregnancy and childbirth.

    I don’t know about you, but I find this news deplorable. The US spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are 50th in assuring women and children safer outcomes. If anything, I hope this information makes you pause, think and ask the same question I asked myself; how is this possible?

    Today marks the first anniversary of Health Care Reform. Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act went into effect last year, now seems like as good an opportunity as any to take account of what was accomplished and what still remains precariously unsteady for those who might need care the most.

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    Saturday, March 19, 2011

    Slowing health costs requires answering 3 simple questions

    by Donald H. Taylor, Jr., PhD

    If we ever slow health care cost inflation to a sustainable pace, it will be because we learn how to ask 3 simple questions when thinking about a medical treatment.

    • Does it improve quality of life for the patient?
    • Does it extend the patient’s life?
    • How much does it cost?

    Asking the questions are of course much simpler than figuring out the answer, and far far simpler than deciding what to do with the answer.

    The first step is not demonizing even the asking of the questions. This would represent a profound shift in our culture

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    Thursday, March 17, 2011

    Don't cut Medicaid, fund it better - CNN.com

    Editor's note: Dr. Aaron E. Carroll is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the director of the university's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research. He blogs about health policy at The Incidental Economist.

    (CNN) -- You can't turn on the news these days without hearing about our budget crisis. We've also been told, over and over, that it's a problem with spending -- we're doing too much of it.

    There's truth in that. Even if taxes were to be raised, it's nearly impossible that we can begin to tackle the deficit without addressing the spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Together, they total well over a trillion dollars in spending.

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    Wednesday, March 16, 2011

    Sisters accused of health fraud nabbed in Colombia | Reuters

    Two sisters accused of falsifying health care claims to defraud the U.S. government of millions of dollars were nabbed in Colombia and returned to the United States, authorities said on Tuesday.

    Caridad Guilarte, 54, and Clara Guilarte, 56, ran a clinic in Dearborn, Michigan, that billed about $9 million in claims for treatments patients never received, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website.

    The sisters collected more than $4 million from Medicare for drug therapies that were never provided, according to the HHS website.

    After the FBI interviewed them, the two sisters fled, said Barbara McQuade, the U.S. attor

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    Tuesday, March 15, 2011

    $4 drug programs could save economy billions: study | Reuters

    U.S. consumers could save billions of dollars by filling prescriptions for inexpensive generic drugs at stores such as Wal-Mart and Target, according to a new report.

    A growing number of national chain pharmacies offer the generic form of a range of drugs - including anti-allergy medications, antidepressants, antibiotics and cholesterol-lowering drugs - for $4 for a 30 day supply. However, researchers found that less than 6 percent of people who could use such a program take advantage of it - costing both consumers and the government extra bucks.

    All told, the US could save as much as $5.8 billion, according to the study

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    Monday, March 14, 2011

    Hospitals Could Save Millions By Eliminating Five Hospital-Acquired Conditions

    An average 200-bed hospital could save approximately $2 million annually if it eliminates common but high-cost hospital-acquired conditions among inpatients, according to the Healthcare Management Council, Inc. (HMC), a Needham, MA-based company focusing on hospital and healthcare performance improvement.

    The information was compiled using federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) indicators and recent proprietary cost-benchmarking information, according to Shelley Burns, HMC's director of knowledge management. HMC has reviewed the performance of hundreds of facilities ranging in size from 75 beds to more than 800 beds.

    "The cost of quality is what we call it, but bringing that number [together] for our folks to see lets us align the financial side of the house and the clinical side of the house so they can work together [on this issue]," Burns says

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    In reviewing how our healthcare dollars are spent, the following statistics were revealed.

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    Who Makes the Best Patient?
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    GDU College of Medical Fraud:"GDU refuses to offer a degree in medicine out of concern that some cost-conscious hospital will hire someone with one of our diplomas, and let them perform surgery. However,GDU does offer programs in medically-related fields"
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