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We're Only Human: Behavioral Economics And British Policy (Part 2)

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part post discussing behavioral economics and how it is being used by British policymakers. Part 1 focused mostly on the development and general...

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We're Only Human: Behavioral Economics And British Policy (Part 1)

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part post discussing behavioral economics and how it is being used by British policymakers. Part 1 below focuses mostly on the development and general...

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Access to healthcare more difficult for rural Americans - Yahoo! News

Read 'Access to healthcare more difficult for rural Americans' on Yahoo! News. WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) - Rural Americans are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions such as diabetes,...

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Improving Health Care Access For Low-Income People: Lessons From Ascension...

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Hospitals Boost IT Spending Plans -- InformationWeekHospitals Boost IT...

The prospect of Meaningful Use dollars has spurred healthcare providers to spend more in tough economic times, according to a HIMSS Analytics report.

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Low Health Literacy Links to Healthcare Spending Confirmed

An analysis of 96 studies confirms that low rates of health literacy are linked to more emergency care and hospitalizations.

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Medical cost trends - good news, and bad - Managed Care Matters - Joe Paduda

Joseph Paduda's weblog on managed care for group health, workers compensation & auto insurance, covering health care cost containment, health policy, health research, and medical news for insurers,...

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amednews: WellPoint steers patients toward ED visit alternatives :: July 25,...

The health plan is using online maps to show members where to find retail, walk-in and urgent care clinics.

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Online tool to help consumers estimate medical costs

The nonprofit FAIR Health database was funded by a settlement between New York's attorney general and several insurers.

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Hospitals mandating healthy employees - FierceHealthcare

Hospitals typically have code-of-conduct policies to regulate how their employees behave professionally. But what happens when hospitals mandate employees' health behaviors, such as smoking and Read...

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9.7 Million Beneficiaries Rely on Medigap for their Health Security New AHIP...

As Congress debates proposals to reduce the national debt, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is urging lawmakers to protect the Medigap coverage on which millions of seniors and people with...

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How debt deal could squeeze Medicare pay even more

The agreement doesn't address the SGR cut and raises the specter of an additional $10 billion to $15 billion per year in reduced doctor pay.

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We are all health consumers now | Health Populi

by Jane on 11:32 am in Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health politics, Health reform

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Payers Need Better Specialty Focus; Employers Want to Know Value

Payers Need Better Specialty Focus; Employers Want to Know ValueAtlantic Information Services, Inc.According to Mike Miele, president of GBS Healthcare Analytics and an actuary whose firm serves about...

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Hospitals Use BI To Stanch Revenue Losses

With Medicare set to stop paying for preventable hospital readmissions in October, healthcare organizations are turning to business intelligence tools to reduce the risk.

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The Debt Ceiling Deal: Kicking The Can Down The Road

Editor’s Note: Below, Joseph Antos provides his take on Budget Control Act of 2011, which embodies the deal reached by President Obama and congressional leaders to increase the nation’s debt ceiling....

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What's charitable care? - chicagotribune.com

Three Illinois hospitals got some bad news last week: A big tax bill's coming. The Illinois Department of Revenue took away the property-tax exemption enjoyed by the three not-for-profit health...

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Why Cost Cutting Doesn't Work – And What Will Work

Cutting costs does not cut costs. If we hope to steer health care toward a better cheaper future, we have to wrap our minds around this conundrum: Slashing spending does not necessarily improve the...

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Cost of Medical Paperwork | Enabling Healthy Decisions

August 15, 2011 by George Van Antwerp 0 Comments

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Patients who bill their doctor for being late

Central to medicine is a sacred covenant built on mutual trust, respect, and integrity. What happens when physicians fall into self-pity?

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Seniors get more medical tests than are good for them, experts say - The...

Experts see overtesting and overtreating of seniors as a costly problem.

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Less is more: top-performing hospitals spend less on pharmacy and supplies

in Accountable Care Organizations, Affordable Care Act, Hospitals, Medical innovation, Medicare, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Supply chain, Telehealth, Telemedicine

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Medicare cuts to cost hospitals $41B in next decade

The projected 2 percent cuts to Medicare could cost hospitals $41 billion over the next 10 years, according to consulting firm Tripp Umbach. In addition, the report (.pdf) indicates budget cuts would...

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Hospital prices lowered with health plan consolidation

As anti-monopoly critics feared, hospital market concentration leads to higher hospital prices, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.

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Realizing Health Reform's Potential—When Unemployed Means Uninsured: The...

In this period of chronically high unemployment, millions of Americans are losing their health insurance coverage along with their jobs. A Commonwealth Fund brief finds that unemployed workers have few...

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Mixed Signals: Trends in Americans' Access to Medical Care, 2007-2010

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By focusing on prevention, Kansas City employers saved 11 million dollars in...

A group of employers that participated in the Kansas City Collaborative (KC2) announced they successfully avoided almost $11 million in direct health care costs by implementing a value based benefits...

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CFOs' Leadership Role, Often Overlooked, Gets Some Sunshine

We’re bringing 30 of the best and brightest healthcare CFOs together to an invitation-only retreat in Southern California next month for two day

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Dr. Wes: When the Electronic Medical Record Died

Musings in the life of an internist, cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.

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Only 15 percent of healthcare execs "very familiar" with ACOs

The 2011 Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Readiness Study released recently by Beacon Partners shows that only 15 percent of healthcare executives are “very familiar” with ACOs. Nonetheless, more...

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Growing Size And Wealth Of Children's Hospitals Fueling Questions About...

Rising from a 60-acre field of old cypress swamp and cattle pasture near the Orlando airport, the 7-story Nemours Children’s Hospital will be a monument to “best-in-class” care, its leaders boast. That...

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3 Ways Tech Can Help Hospitals Collect

The way Americans pay for healthcare services is changing—and as a result healthcare providers will be forced to take on new or expanded roles a

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The New Rules of Revenue Cycle: Adapting in an Era of Change

The way Americans pay for healthcare services is changing—and so are their interactions with providers.

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How One Hospital Reduced Its Readmission Rate - Health Blog - WSJ

Northwestern Memorial Hospital saw its medical readmission rate fall to 16.7% from 19.9%.

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The road to quality in healthcare

UnitedHealth recently announced it will become the latest insurer to overhaul the way it pays medical providers. UnitedHealth is targeting the traditional system that pays hospitals and doctors for...

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Hospitals flout charity aid law

New York's charity care system, partly financed by an 8.95 percent surcharge on hospital bills, is one of the most complicated in the nation, but many states have wrestled with aggressive debt...

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Patient satisfaction costly, but maybe not so healthy

A satisfied patient is not a cheaper patient: however important such a finding may be in these budget-constrained times, that comes as little surprise. More unexpected is the finding that a satisfied...

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Study Finds New York Hospitals Flout Charity Rules

A report says most New York medical centers are violating state rules curbing aggressive debt collections against people who cannot pay.

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3 ways to prevent costly claims denials | Healthcare Finance News

NEW GLOUCESTER, ME – On average, roughly 10 percent of all healthcare claims are initially denied and require additional work on the part of the provider to secure payment, adding substantial personnel...

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Bigger hospitals drive cost increases

A study in the May edition of Health Affairs finds that hospitals' power to win steep payment increases—and insurers' relative inability to resist—varies quite a bit from one market to another and from...

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