Tag: health care policy

California Insurers Slash Number of Doctors You Can See

The new health reform law removes health insurance limits on spending, but…

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Reining in Avoidable Readmissions

I've been having the readmissions pull-out from H&HN Magazine on my desk…

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Health Wonk Review – Opening Day Edition

Today is opening day. The first day of the season where the…

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Conflicts of Interest in Guideline Development: a Dirty Little Secret

An Archives of Internal Medicine article (Conflicts of Interest in Cardiovascular Clinical…

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Insurance Coverage Denials: Private versus Public

The people behind the coming denials: The people behind the coming denials:…

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What are QIOs?

According to the CMS website, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are private, mostly…

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Romney Faces Health Reform Issue in 2012 Race

As the one year anniversary of the PPACA nears, the mother of…

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Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Illness

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Synthesis Project has produced an excellent report…

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The Insurance Czar

It is easy enough for those of us who are debating the…

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Cut Medicaid?

The legislative conundrum Wisconsin finds itself in is having repercussions nationwide, as…

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