Search results for "Health insurance"
‘Preventive’ measures don't translate properly to the public
Prevention is an important tool, but it must be placed in the context of evidence and value. The cost of ignoring that is false reassurance and the politicization of medical care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/presidents.htm
1 Mar 2010
Handling MACRA's advancing care information component
The five base measures are:. 1. Perform security risk analysis: As required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), an eligible clinician must conduct or review a security risk ... Examples of performance score measures are secure messaging, patient-specific education, immunization registry reporting, and patient-generated health data.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/practice.htm
1 Jan 2017
Preserving the Affordable Care Act despite the headwinds
Despite a treacherous political environment that posed a direct threat to ACP's efforts to preserve the historic gains in coverage from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a group of six medical societies was able to preserve key components of the program.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/preserving-the-affordable-care-act-despite-the-headwinds.htm
1 Feb 2018
Mandated health care cuts don't equal health care reform
Under the new budget control agreement that President Obama and Congress reached in August to allow for an increase in the debt ceiling, federal health care spending could be subject to deep cuts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2011
Internists interacting with retail clinics
Primary care physicians are seeing more patients after they've already been to a retail health clinic. Experts say that a more patient-centered model needs to evolve to combat the ease of seeking care outside the doctor's office.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/retail-clinics.htm
1 Feb 2016
Improving access key to reform, says Commonwealth Fund VP
Health care access has become a top issue in 2008.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/fourteen.htm
1 May 2008
New hepatitis C treatments cost-effective, may exceed insurers' willingness to pay
New therapies for hepatitis C are cost-effective for some patients, according to a study, but high costs may become a barrier to use.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/31/5.htm
31 Mar 2015
Merger mania, merger blues
ACP will continue to press federal and state regulators to block recently proposed insurance mergers, which may decrease choice and increase costs for patients and employers, reduce access due to changing and narrowing networks of physicians and hospitals, or prevent physicians from negotiation over provision of health services.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2016
New reports signal health care costs for this decade
MKSAP Quiz: multiple sclerosis
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/2.htm
14 Sep 2010
Managing depression is worth the effort
Depression's impact on health is often profound and far-reaching, potentially equaling that of coronary artery disease. To provide clinicians with guidance on treatment of depression, ACP has released a new clinical practice guideline that underscores the severe burden of depression and outlines viable treatment options for patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/05/depression.htm
1 May 2016