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Can Media handle the Healthcare news?
I enjoy reading Drew Altman’s Pulling It Together column, an easy that usually contains something of interest. Yesterday’s piece (Repeal) was a straightforward summary of the issues surrounding the House’s move to overturn the Affordable Care Act. He emphasized two points he said are often overlooked. The first is that the public is split on the law and there is…
Pay-for-Performance: An Overview
Pay-for-performance schemes have been attracting much attention of late. A RWJF policy paper from 2007 provides a nice overview of various P4P design considerations. Below, I summarize some of the key findings of this article. Timeline Early 1990s. Cost control measures in the early 1990s began a shift for rewarding physicians for specific actions. A survey of HMOs conducted in…
The Incidence Of Kidney Failure Due To Diabetes Is Down – But We Should Not Be Pleased
Diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of kidney failure that progresses to end stage renal disease (ESRD,) meaning that the person requires dialysis or kidney transplant. ESRD is chronic and life long, is complicated to treat, has a major negative effect on quality of life and the costs are high. So it was good news when the Centers of…
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