Month: August 2012

Is the recession killing granny?

One of the points I made as a discussant at the ASHEcon conference this year is that the factors driving health care utilization and spending among Medicare

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Doctors don’t vote so much

Don’t even know who thought to study this, but here you go: In 2001, the American Medical Association identified the need for physicians to become more

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Medicare access – ctd.

A sharp reader wrote me, “If you cut FFS reimbursements *and* you cut Medicare Advantage (MA) reimbursements, which Obamacare does, I think your argument loses

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Medicare and access

Something has been bothering me lately about the claims that FFS Medicare cuts to provider payments will lead to access problems for beneficiaries. It’s not

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Physician burnout is a big deal

I’ve written extensively about physician job satisfaction. There’s a new study out in JAMA Archives of Internal Medicine that adds to the discussion: Background  Despite extensive data about physician

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Integration nation

Two trends in vertical integration. Neither is an obvious step in the right direction on cost and quality. Some hospital networks also become insurers, By Roni

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Bedtime

From DogHouseDiaries: I know this problem all too well. Good sleep requires discipline. I shut my brain down an hour before bedtime. @afrakt

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