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June 20, 2019 | STAT
Nearly three years ago, we began training as primary care doctors in two residency programs at a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital. We understood the value of longitudinal patient-doctor relationships and wagered that primary care would...
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
The Honorable Judy Chu 2423 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Eliot Engel 2426 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Buddy Carter 2432 Rayburn House Office Bldg....
June 20, 2019
Partnership to Improve Patient Health: Value Our Health Briefing
June 20, 2019
Panelists for the briefing included Ari Ne’eman, Disability Advocate at the Partnership to Improve Patient Care, Sara Van Geertruyden, Executive Director of...
June 19, 2019
MedPAC, or the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, is an independent congressional agency established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program. The Commission's 17 members...
June 13, 2019 | Healthcare Innovation
On June 12, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would end the current federal ban on the funding of a national patient identification strategy. That action was applauded by senior advocacy leaders at the Ann Arbor,...
June 10, 2019 | Kaiser Health News
Bob Hall was recovering from yet another surgery in March 2014 when a volunteer walked into his hospital room. It had been a rocky recovery since his lung transplant three months earlier at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans...
June 8, 2019 | The Spokesman-Review
Gov. Jay Inslee stopped by Washington State University Elson S. Floyd Medical School on Friday to celebrate the state’s continued investment and expansion of the program. Inslee said the medical school is a statewide asset, answering...
June 7, 2019 | Kaiser Health News
Amanda Bacon’s eating disorder was growing worse. She had lost 60% of her body weight and was consuming about 100 calories a day.
But that wasn’t sick enough for her Medicaid managed-care company to cover an inpatient treatment program...
June 6, 2019 | Health Affairs Blog
While it is fascinating to think about “Medicare for All” (and one of us strongly favors it), it is unlikely that the United States will move quickly to fully publicly financed health insurance when Congress next considers health policy...
June 4, 2019
June 3, 2019
The Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Room S-128, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and...
June 4, 2019 | The Hill
Health-care roles in America have been changing. Individuals pay approximately $1 trillion a year on health care and coverage costs out of pocket. Nearly 44 percent of privately insured adults have deductibles of $1,300 or more, yet many...
June 3, 2019
June 3, 2019
Submitted via www.regulations.gov
Ms. Seema Verma
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
RE: CMS–9115–P; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and...
June 3, 2019 | Health Affairs Blog
I’ll never forget a moment early in my PhD program when, in the midst of a class discussion, I brought up recently published studies showing that black women suffer from higher rates of infant mortality compared to white women, even when...
June 3, 2019 | Healthcare Dive
MGMA's findings are in line with other recent surveys. Medscape said physician pay was up 4% this year and has risen 20% since 2015.
"These compensation specifics allow medical practices to remain competitive and informed on the ever-...
June 3, 2019
June 3, 2019
Donald Rucker, MD
National Coordinator
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Mary E. Switzer Building
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20201
RE: RIN 0955-...
May 31, 2019 | Health Affairs Blog
As our field converges on the nation’s capital for its annual gathering to present, debate, and learn about the changes in health care and health policy, the time is right to reflect on if and how this year’s conversations will be...
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
Submitted via DPC@cms.hhs.gov Mr. Adam Boehler
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
Re: Geographic Population-Based Payment (PBP) Model Option Request for Information (...
May 30, 2019 | Kaiser Health News
Society gives short shrift to older age. This distinct phase of life doesn’t get the same attention that’s devoted to childhood. And the special characteristics of people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond are poorly understood.
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May 29, 2019 | Health Affairs Blog
We have all heard it before: despite the United States’ excessive health care spending—almost 2.5 times higher per capita than in comparable countries—health outcomes are no better here than in other countries. Even worse, in 2011, the...
May 23, 2019
Community Statement on Medicare Coverage for Medically Necessary Oral and Dental Health Therapies
(The PCPCC joined the Community in 2019)
The undersigned organizations are proud to join in support of Medicare coverage for...
