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1. Share of Cost, New Rules to Require Equal Visitation Rights for All Hospital Patients Share of Cost, New Rules to Require Equal Visitation Rights for All Hospital Patients: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued new rules for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating hospitals that protect patients’ right to choose their own visitors during a hospital stay, including a visitor who is a same-sex domestic partner.  The rules require hospitals […]...
2. CMS Provides Medication Management & Caregiver Resources on Youtube CMS Provides Medication Management & Caregiver Resources on Youtube...
3. Public Reporting On Hospital Process Improvements Is Linked To Better Patient Outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publicly reports so-called process performance at all U.S. hospitals, such as whether certain recommended treatments are given to specific types of patients. We examined whether hospital performance on key process indicators improved during the three years since this reporting began. We also studied whether or not these changes […]...
4. Accountable Care Organizations: The Case For Flexible Partnerships Between Health Plans And Providers Under the Affordable Care Act, the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will guide a number of experimental programs in health care payment and delivery. Among the most ambitious of the reform models is the accountable care organization (ACO), which will offer providers economic rewards if they can reduce Medicare’s cost growth in their […]...
5. A Physician’s Experience In Front-Line Field Hospital In Libya To Help In Future Humanitarian Emergencies A Physician's Experience In Front-Line Field Hospital In Libya To Help In Future Humanitarian Emergencies...
6. Celebrating 2 Years of Health Care Reform: Successes, Challenges and More Good to Come Celebrating 2 Years of Health Care Reform: Successes, Challenges and More Good to Come...
7. Building Regulatory And Operational Flexibility Into Accountable Care Organizations And ‘Shared Savings’ The Affordable Care Act created accountable care organizations (ACOs), which will be a new part of Medicare as of January 2012, together with a “shared savings program” that will modify how these organizations will be paid to care for patients. Accountable care organizations have the potential to lower costs, improve the quality of care, facilitate delivery […]...
8. Despite Criticism Of The FDA Review Process, New Cancer Drugs Reach Patients Sooner In The United States Than In Europe Despite Criticism Of The FDA Review Process, New Cancer Drugs Reach Patients Sooner In The United States Than In Europe ...
9. Long Term Care Share of Cost Providers receiving an eligibility verification message (see following example) that indicates a subscriber has an LTC SOC should not  clear the SOC online.  Subscribers with aid codes 13, 23, 53 and 63 must have their LTC SOC cleared on the claim.  The LTC facility  includes the LTC SOC amount for Medi-Cal-covered services on the  Payment […]...
10. Developing Physician Communication Skills For Patient-Centered Care Growing enthusiasm about patient-centered medical homes, fueled by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s emphasis on improved primary care, has intensified interest in how to deliver patient-centered care. Essential to the delivery of such care are patient-centered communication skills. These skills have a positive impact on patient satisfaction, treatment adherence, and self-management. They can […]...
11. Share of Cost, Surgeons Train On The First FDA-Approved Total Artificial Heart For Transplant Patients Share of Cost, Surgeons Train On The First FDA-Approved Total Artificial Heart For Transplant Patients: A 13-member surgical team from the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center completed the first phase of training to implant a new total artificial heart designed to completely replace the heart’s function while the patient waits for a heart transplant. […]...
12. Share of Cost, Medicare Doesn’t Work As Well For Younger, Disabled Beneficiaries As It Does For Older Enrollees [Web First] Medicare is not working as well for its eight million disabled beneficiaries under age sixty-five as it is for its older beneficiaries. We report on a 2008 survey that found significant differences between the two Medicare populations, with the younger group experiencing more problems of cost and access. Even with the Medicare Part D prescription […]...
13. The Affordable Care Act helps our nation’s children The Affordable Care Act helps our nation's children...
14. Where can I find low-cost dental care? Where can I find low-cost dental care? ...
15. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion that upholds the Affordable Health Care Act The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion that upholds the Affordable Health Care Act This includes the individual mandate for coverage.  The case challenged the constitutionality of several parts of the law, including the rule that most people in the U.S. must get health coverage.   We will continue to carry out provisions of the […]...