Tag: healthcare costs

Medicare Payments to Providers Are Carved, Sliced and Chopped by Sequestration

 2% Sequestration Cuts Take a Big Bite Out Of Medicare Reimbursements   2%…

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Why Only Business Can Save America From Health Care

Posted 3/24/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog Posted 3/24/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care and…

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$6,500 for Narcotics

The following essay is by Lisa Jacobs, MBA, a third-year medical student…

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High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Lawrence Cheskin, MD, FACP Talks About TRIMM

Previously, we spoke with Herbert Ong who told us how Healthentic can…

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The Continuing Explosion in Healthcare Costs

First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 3/4/2013Essential health benefits are defined, but the…

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The Complicated Issue of Medical Poverty

Medical poverty was the cause célèbre of 2010 midterm elections, the passage…

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HealthCare Pricing Visibility Through Social Media

Pricing visibility in healthcare is just gaining traction.  With the prevalence of…

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Teaching Medical Students About Costs

After graduating from college I had the opportunity to spend two years…

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Time’s Brill Persuasive but “Bitter Pill” Misdiagnoses Health Care Ills

The Feb. 20 Time magazine article by Steve Brill highlights the very…

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Person-Centered HealthCare: Using Medical Education to Drive Adoption of High-Value Care

The biggest problem with health care costs in the United States is…

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