Health
Medicare announces 'Part B' premiums for outpatient care
Medicare has announced the monthly "Part B" premiums for outpatient care next year.
Nov 11, 2015
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News tagged with outpatient care
Health
Unintended costs of health-care integration
In recent years hospitals have been rapidly acquiring physician practices, a trend that could potentially lower health care spending—for example, through better coordination of inpatient and outpatient care—or increase ...
Oct 19, 2015
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Intervention to screen women for partner violence does not improve health outcomes
Screening women for partner violence and providing a resource list did not influence the number of hospitalizations, emergency department, or outpatient care visits compared with women only receiving a resource list or receiving ...
Aug 4, 2015
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Medicare proposes coverage change on short hospital stays
Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can result in higher costs for seniors.
Jul 1, 2015
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Study finds no health drawbacks to veterans' dual use of VA, Medicare Advantage
In a study that looked at a handful of quality measures for chronic disease care, veterans who used both Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care and a Medicare Advantage plan during 2008 or 2009 did no better or worse than ...
Apr 27, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
One in five US adults dealt with a mental illness in 2013
(HealthDay)—Nearly one in five American adults—43.8 million people—had a diagnosable mental illness in 2013, federal officials reported Thursday.
Nov 20, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why is it so hard to see a psychiatrist?
Getting psychiatric care in the United States is a lot harder than it should be. Patients around the country are having a hard time booking appointments for outpatient care, and face significant hurdles when it comes to receiving ...
Nov 13, 2014
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Discharged patients return to the ER because 'better safe than sorry'
Patients who return to the emergency department within a few days of discharge do so principally because they are anxious about their symptoms and have lost trust in other parts of the health care system, according to the ...
Sep 2, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Major gaps in hepatitis C care identified as new drugs and screening efforts emerge
A new meta-analysis published online in PLOS ONE by infectious disease and epidemiology specialists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania highlights significant gaps in hepatitis C care that ...
Jul 2, 2014
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One in five elderly US patients injured by medical care
(HealthDay)—Nearly one in five Medicare patients are victims of medical injuries that often aren't related to their underlying disease or condition, according to new research.
May 28, 2014
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