Search results for "Cost sharing"
Democrats overplay their hand on health care policy
The newly elected Democratic majority that took charge of Congress last January promised an ambitious health care agenda.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 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
Higher copayments lead to more hospitalizations
Nipro syringes and needle sets recalledSibutramine contraindicated in patients with CVD
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/02/6.htm
2 Feb 2010
Now begin the nuts and bolts of health care reform
The American College of Physicians begins an educational campaign to introduce health care reform to its members.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2010
Monday morning quarterbacking doesn't score touchdowns
The “failure” to permanently reform the sustainable growth rate formula shouldn't jeopardize overall progress on health care reform.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2010
‘Rationing’ charge prevents real discourse on health care costs
Critics have unfairly attacked health care reform. But proponents haven't been straightforward about its costs. The truth involves how resources get allocated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2011
Medicare updates affect audits, modifiers and version 5010
This month's column covers three timely yet disparate topics: a new CPT modifier, readiness for Version 5010 electronic claims transactions, and the looming expansion of the recovery audit contractors.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/coding.htm
1 May 2011
What should physicians contribute to deficit reduction?
ACP has proposed that Congress create a national, physician-led initiative to promote high-value care, promote research into comparative effectiveness, and reduce the needless expense of defensive medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2011
Spending on physician services, take two
Reform is required in how physicians are paid, including a more rigorous analysis of the relative value of services and compensation for the cognitive work done outside of the patient encounter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2012
Transparency needed for successful health care reform
Physician silence on gun control puts children and adults at risk from a person using firearms to harm them, in their classrooms, in their own homes, in their workplaces and on their neighborhood streets.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2013