Health
Healing cuts for Medicare
Medicare payment reforms mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for postacute care have great potential to lower costs without harming patients, a new study reports.
Sep 4, 2012
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News tagged with medicare program
Health
Health-care costs hit the elderly hard, diminish financial wellbeing
The protection of the savings of the elderly—one of the primary goals of Medicare—is under threat from a combination of spiraling healthcare costs and increased longevity. As the government attempts to reduce Medicare ...
Sep 4, 2012
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Health
A stronger doctor-patient relationship for the costliest patients
Patients who are frequently hospitalized account for a disproportionate amount of health care spending in the United States. Working with a $6.1 million grant, a new University of Chicago Medicine program will test whether ...
Jul 18, 2012
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Health
Revised geographic adjustments could improve accuracy of Medicare payments
Changing the way that Medicare payments are adjusted to account for regional variations in the cost of providing care as recommended by a previous report from the Institute of Medicine would result in payment increases for ...
Jul 17, 2012
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Health
House votes to repeal part of Obama health care law
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal a key measure of US President Barack Obama's health care reform, a symbolic move on the historic law's second anniversary.
Mar 22, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Radiation still used despite evidence of little benefit to some older breast cancer patients
Even though a large clinical study demonstrated that radiation has limited benefit in treating breast cancer in some older women, there was little change in the use of radiation among older women in the Medicare program, ...
Mar 5, 2012
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Cardiology
American Heart Association launches free-access online journal
The American Heart Association has launched the online-only open-access Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (JAHA) -- packed with free peer-reviewed research on heart disease ...
Feb 21, 2012
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Health
Drug costs, not volume, causes regional differences in Medicare drug spending
The cost of medications through Medicare's subsidized prescription drug program varies from region to region across the United States largely due to the use of more expensive brand-name drugs and not because of the amount ...
Feb 8, 2012
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Health
GE Healthcare settles with $30 million in overpaying case
GE Healthcare, a branch of General Electric, has paid the government a settlement of $30 million plus interest for improper billing by a company it bought in 2004, officials said Thursday.
Dec 30, 2011
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Health
Inspector highlights psych drug use among elderly
(AP) -- Government inspectors will tell lawmakers Wednesday that the Medicare health plan needs to do more to stop doctors from prescribing powerful psychiatric drugs to nursing home patients with dementia, an unapproved ...
Nov 30, 2011
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