Sound Medicine – How much could cancer cost you?
Aaron Carroll February 4, 2013
Sound Medicine is a radio show produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. In the last few years, I’ve become
Sound Medicine is a radio show produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. In the last few years, I’ve become
Jordan Rao, for Kaiser Health News: A study released Thursday, by Gerald Riley, a researcher at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), adds to those
I asked Brian Klepper why private insurers are such slaves to the Medicare’s relative physician payment rates and if anyone has interviewed plan executives on the
Here’s what I’ve noticed. If I wake up in the morning with a stiff back, maybe having slept in a less than relaxed position, a
Prerequisite: My prior post and, if necessary, the Health Affairs post by Brian Klepper to which it links. Brad DeLong says that the IPAB exists
If you’re an evidence-based thinker or an advocate of transparency you’ll practically be moved to tears by Brian Klepper’s account of the latest chapter in the
It’s up for auction at Christie’s. Buy it for me, OK? But is this chart accurate? Compare to Chart 3 here. @afrakt
Timothy Wilt and Hashim Ahmed published a prostate cancer screening and management clinical review in BMJ. It’s a good resource. This passage caught my attention:
I’m working on a little project related to severe mental illness (SMI). In the course of my research, Ron Honberg of the National Alliance on
The HHS contraception mandate rule out today is simpler and more flexible for actual religious organizations, but doesn’t do anything to resolve the issue for
Tom Miller makes some worthwhile points about generalizing the Massachusetts experience with an individual mandate to the nation. And then he says some other things.
As I’ve written and said before, doing the research — as hard as it is — is the easy part. Much harder is making the