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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell and John Commins, October 7, 2011
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has voted to repeal the contentious sustainable growth rate formula and replace it with a controversial plan that would include reimbursement cuts to specialists and pay freezes for primary care physicians.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, October 7, 2011
To balance the cost and affordability of healthcare benefits provided by insurance plans, the Institute of Medicine recommends that essential benefits reflect "the scope and design of packages offered by small employers today."
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 7, 2011
Harvard researchers identify 178 hospitals that provide the lowest quality of care, yet have the highest cost and find that these facilities treat a higher proportion of poor, aged, and minority patients than 122 hospitals that provide high quality and lower-cost care.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2011
There are nearly one million hospital beds in the United States. What are we going to do with all the empty ones if the healthcare industry successfully achieves the goals of reform: better care, better health, and lower costs?
By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2011
Rapid diagnosis and treatment at aortic centers can lower mortality rates for the growing population of aging Americans with potentially deadly aortic aneurysms.
By: October 5, 2011
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By: October 6, 2011
Date: November 11, 2011
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