Medical economics
During coronavirus outbreak, telemedicine is an answer... if you're covered
To its advocates, telemedicine is the perfect remedy for a pandemic.
Mar 20, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medicaid-covered mothers have less say in birthing experience: study
Giving birth in the United States is a radically different experience based on race and income, illustrated most brutally by the Black and Indigenous maternal mortality crisis.
Jul 28, 2020
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Medical economics
Overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans could exceed $75 billion in 2023
Enrollment in the Medicare Advantage program—which allows Medicare beneficiaries to get their health care through plans administered by private insurance companies—has been growing so rapidly that it has recently surpassed ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Medical economics
Are COVID vaccines still free? Why it's not so simple anymore
Changes in how COVID-19 vaccines are paid for has already caused some confusion for the first recipients who rushed to take a shot.
Sep 22, 2023
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Health
Men more likely than women to need urgent hospital care soon after discharge
Men are significantly more likely than women to need urgent hospital care, including readmission, within a month of being discharged, finds research in the online only journal BMJ Open.
Apr 18, 2012
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Health
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act holds steady for third straight year
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act coverage for next year has surpassed 8 million, a sign that many Americans still turn to the government health insurance program to help pay for their medical care.
Dec 24, 2019
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Medical economics
Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada
A study published today (January 6) in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that health care bureaucracy cost Americans $812 billion in 2017. This represented more than one-third (34.2%) of total expenditures for doctor ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Medical economics
Private insurers paid hospitals 224% of what Medicare would in 2020
Prices paid to hospitals during 2020 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 224% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a ...
May 17, 2022
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Medications
Rate of opioid rx stable after pediatric outpatient surgery
(HealthDay)—From 2013 to 2017, the rate of receiving a take-home opioid prescription remained stable after pediatric outpatient surgery as did the dose prescribed, but the maximum take-home dose declined, according to a ...
Feb 27, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disparities persist in early kidney transplantation despite policy changes
A recent analysis reveals persistent disparities in preemptive transplantation, when a patient receives a kidney transplant before ever starting dialysis, despite efforts to correct inequalities in transplantation. The findings ...
Sep 26, 2019
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