Flu Video Helpful As We Enter Season
Flu season and flu shots are here and there continues to be the debate of whether to get a flu shot or not. It is not just the fear of…
Medicare Prescription Drug Abuse
Over the course of a year, the woman received prescriptions for a total of 3,655 oxycodone pills (a 1,679-day supply) from 58 different prescribers, and she filled them…
European Diabetes Market
Europe ranks second behind the United States in terms of the largest market for diabetes management therapies and products. One reason for the rise of diabetes in Europe is attributed…
AMA: Pay Docs for Care Coordination
The little-known American Medical Association committee that recommends physician pay scales to Medicare’s fee-for-service program today asked the agency to reimburse physicians for coordinating care for their chronically-ill patients. In…
Thank U.S. Health Care for the Life of Steve Jobs
On the very day that Steve Jobs died a new report suggests that the U.S. health care system is spending too much money on people near the end of their…
Care Coordination Is Critical For Those With Chronic Conditions
This is the fourth post in a series on care coordination; this time focusing on other examples of team-based care. Patients with diabetes not only have to deal with the…
Can We Take the Excitement out of the FDA? Agency Could be Turning a Corner
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) likes to trot out the statistic that claims it regulates about $100 billion in biomedical R&D each year: investments made by industry (and…
Stem Cells Cure Rats With Diabetes
The process of of doing this though does not sound very inviting for sure. So far the testing has been carried out on rats only but they say it should…
Healthcare.Gov Lets Consumers Monitor Health Insurance Rates
As you may or may not know, as of September 1st carriers wanting more than a 10% raise are now required to substantiate why. This means they just pull out…
Study: Many Medicare Beneficiaries Obtain Surgeries in Last Year of Life
A new study out of Harvard finds that approximately a third of all Medicare beneficiaries in the last year of life chose to have a major surgical procedure. The operative…
