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Arkansas Deal with HHS on Medicaid Expansion May Make Everyone Better Off

New results from Arkansas suggest that Colorado officials in favor of Medicaid…

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Dartmouth: Risk Adjustment Doesn’t Work

The new study by the Dartmouth Atlas Project, published today in the…

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The Loophole That’s Made Cancer Drugs Profitable Again

The Program:The program, known as 340B, requires most drug companies to provide…

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Palm Prints

The hospitals’ problem:We have 70,000 people who share the same first and…

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The Downside of P4P

The report, which examined conditions at Stafford Hospital in Staffordshire over a…

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Patient Engagement Matters

According to a Commonwealth Fund–supported study in Health Affairs, patients at a large…

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Online Clinics Work – Government Is the Problem

HealthPartners in Minnesota launched an online clinic called virtuwell in late 2010.…

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Penalizing Readmissions May Not Improve Quality or Cut Costs

Many public health policy experts believe that Medicare readmissions in the first…

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Kaiser: Medicare Reform Ideas

There are 150 cost-cutting ideas, totaling $9.4 trillion in spending cuts over…

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Hospital Readmissions

Austin Frakt has been doing an excellent job of reviewing the literature…

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