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Medicare Advantage Premiums
In 2010, one quarter of Medicare beneficiaries chose capitated plans through the…
Government Pays Bonuses for Increasing Medicaid Expenditures
In December, HHS announced the bonuses for 15 states that had made…
Miss. Governor Adds Medicaid Reform to 2012 Agenda
Is Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour’s (R-MS) assault on Medicaid in his state…
How the AMA Has Undermined Primary Care
While, in other developed nations, 70-80 percent of all physicians are generalists…
What Mental Health Parity Has Wrought
Psychiatrists now practice like primary care physicians: short meetings and a prescription…
Mental Health Cost Cuts Strain Law Enforcement
So-called austerity measures, a strategy in many Republican-dominated state legislatures to control…
Why Pilot Programs are a Waste of Time and Money
President Obama has repeatedly given us his vision of how to lower…
Alternative Quality Contract
“In January 2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts launched a new…
CMS to Announce ACO Regs Soon
What exactly is an accountable care organization? Interestingly, the term is as…
