Search results for "Health Care Reform"
Health care reform heads to president to sign, while fixes head to Senate for debate
Health care reform heads to president to sign, while fixes head to Senate for debateGuidelines aim to prevent unnecessary death from thoracic aortic diseaseInternists generated $1.6 million annually for affiliated hospitals
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/23/1.htm
23 Mar 2010
Health professionals to march for health care reform
ICD-10 summit to be held in April
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/7.htm
16 Mar 2010
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given year
Health professionals to march for health care reform
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/6.htm
16 Mar 2010
Medicare payment cut goes into effect
Congress has failed to pass legislation to halt a 21% cut in Medicare payment rates to physicians, allowing the cut to go into effect on March 1.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/02/10.htm
2 Mar 2010
‘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
America's health care in state of decline, says ACP at annual briefing
ACP reminded President Obama and Congress that there is an urgent need to move forward on health care reform at the annual State of the Nation's Health Care briefing, held in Washington last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/10.htm
23 Feb 2010
Even with new legislation, health care reform would evolve
Every Congress has made its mark on Medicare since the program's inception in 1965. Success or failure for health care reform isn't the end of the journey, but another milestone.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2010
Moving toward patient-centered care
Practice not currently considering the patient-centered medical home model can still position themselves for an eventual transition if and when the idea comes of age.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/tips.htm
1 Feb 2010
Best patient care gets lost amid the health care delivery system
A primary care doctor measures the benefits that he can provide to his patients: continuity of care and a complete “story” to tell about each one.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/presidents.htm
1 Feb 2010
Political perils of cost control complicate health care reform
Even if health reform passes, the problem of rising costs will not go away. And politicians cannot confront the fundamental issue that Americans can't have all the health care they want.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2010