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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released their long anticipated regulations dealing with ten pages of the 2,200-page March 2010 Affordable Care Act. Those ten pages are really the crux of what healthcare reform is all about and it is to improve the way we provide healthcare in this country.

Although these regulations required another 400 plus pages of explanation at least patients, families and caregivers now have an “expectation roadmap” outlining how the care they receive can be better. For the first time we have clear-cut targets to help us successfully achieve two-thirds of the triple aim – improving the quality of care and improving patient/family satisfaction with their care. The third part of the triple aim, monetary savings, should occur as a byproduct of the above clinical improvements.

Many doctors, nurses and others I talk with find the proposed regulations overwhelming and confusing. But remember, CMS is looking to us now for suggestions on how the recommendations can be improved before they become final. So be sure to contribute your comments.

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Supreme Court punts on fast-track review of healthcare law - The Hill's Healthwatch

By Julian Pecquet - 04/18/11 10:36 AM ET

The Supreme Court has not acted on a request to expedite a review of legal challenges to the healthcare reform law.
The high court on Monday released the list of cases it has decided to take up or decline, and Virginia's healthcare reform challenge was not included.
Court watchers had expected the high court to announce whether it would expedite Virginia's lawsuit against the law, but the justices aren't saying either way — for now. The Supreme Court issues a regular list of orders on each Monday it is in session, but the justices can also issue "miscellaneous" orders in individual cases at any time.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R), who is challenging the law's individual mandate, has petitioned the court to skip the appeals process and take up the case as soon as possible.
"Given the importance of the issues at stake to the States and to the economy as a whole, this Court should grant certiorari to resolve a matter of imperative public importance," Cuccinelli argued in his Feb. 8 motion.

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Friday, April 15, 2011

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"By providing nutritious options and promoting healthy choices, we can reduce disparities among our youngest citizens and secure a safer, healthier future for all Americans."
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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 41^st 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 50^th 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 50^th 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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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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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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

Friday, April 22, 2011

Supreme Court punts on fast-track review of healthcare law - The Hill's Healthwatch

Friday, April 15, 2011

Home Page - National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Health Care and You

The Affordable Care Act – One Year Later

GAO report shows success in health insurer 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

HHS: Seniors using new reform law benefit

New site explains healthcare reform law to pharmacists, patients

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

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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

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