Tag Archives: Medicaid
The imposing cost of a single opioid overdose
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20160521/NEWS/160528946
A five- or six-figure bill that doesn’t even include the hospital stay.
How Health Care Factors Into the Presidential Campaign
Health care has faded into the background of the election campaign as Donald Trump himself has become the issue on the Republican side and the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over health care has shifted to other topics. This doesn’t mean that health will be the No. 1 or No. 4 factor when Democrats and Republicans vote in November. As the chart also shows, issue priorities are closely bunched, and my experience has been that voters cast ballots in presidential elections on the basis of their overall views of the candidates rather than candidates’ specific positions on issues.
When people say health care is an extremely important voting issue, they aren’t always thinking of the ACA. Among Republicans who say health is “extremely important” to their vote, about equal shares are thinking about the ACA as are thinking about issues such as access to care and health-care costs. Nor are Democrats always intending to support the ACA when they cite health as a voting issue. They are more likely to cite improving access or addressing costs generally as their reason for naming health a top voting issue.
Hospitals work to fine-tune payer mixes, but finding savings is no easy task
For systems with more traditional payer mix scenarios, increasing the share of commercial business can be a boon.
Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging That Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid
CMS finalizes 85 percent medical loss ratio for Medicaid private managed care plans
Insurers must spend at least 85 percent of their Medicaid revenue on medical care to improve quality.
Study finds that 23 percent of diabetes treatment cost is avoidable
It is estimated that 1 out of 3 people can be expected to develop the disease in their lifetime. The majority of diabetes patients were found to experience at least one potentially avoidable complication, with a cost averaging $1,043 per year for patients with private insurance and $1,869 for those with Medicaid. The authors believe the results illustrate the value of using analytics on patient data, supporting the objectives of population health initiatives to identify opportunities for improving treatment while lowering cost.
We Mapped the Uninsured. You’ll Notice a Pattern.
They tend to live in the South, and they tend to be poor.
Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Health Act
CMS may ban Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for 2 years, sanction company, WSJ says
