Search results for "Health insurance"
Patients band together to research conditions, themselves
The next wave of online patient web sites allow patients to compare treatments and results, pulling together data that looks and acts like a research study despite its source.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/patients.htm
1 Oct 2008
A broken leg offers a first-hand look at health care reform
Finding treatment for a broken leg while overseas offers a first-hand look at health care reform in America.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/president.htm
1 Oct 2008
The ‘central fiscal challenge’ the candidates aren't discussing
None of the presidential candidates are discussing health care cost containment, setting up reform as an issue doomed to fail after the election.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2008
Strengthen primary care to heal the U.S. health care system
Internists need to keep elected officials on-track for reforming health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/president.htm
1 Nov 2008
Billing for interactions with a patient's family, caregivers
More than 44 million Americans care for an adult family member or friend. Physicians often discuss patient care with these people and may bill appropriately.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/coding.htm
1 Nov 2008
National Trends
The U.S. spent $2 trillion on health care (average: $6,700 per person), more of its Gross Domestic Product than any other developed country. What does it all buy?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/trends.htm
1 Jan 2009
Will President-elect Obama achieve true health care reform?
Four good reasons why President-elect Barack Obama may succeed in reforming health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/obama.htm
1 Jan 2009
What do Obama's first weeks tell us about health care reform?
Searching the first 100 days of President Barack Obama's administration for clues about health care reform.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2009
Patients find medical home in Pennsylvania
A group of physicians in southeastern Pennsylvania are among the lucky and proactive few practicing in some of the first payer-supported patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) in the country.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/pilot.htm
1 Apr 2009
National Trends
People under the age of 65 who had been uninsured for more than 12 months or were uninsured for any time up to 12 months previously were much more likely to have forgone needed medical care than those insured continuously for the whole 12 months.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/trends.htm
1 Apr 2009