Insurers and employers are increasingly moving to high-deductible health plans to control costs but this is not necessarily good for the healthcare system nor patients. Now a new alternative is being proposed called the Medical Episode Spending Allowance ( MESA ) plan. According to a University of Minnesota recent study: The number of American workers… Read More
Information in this blog came from a story which was published on California Healthline by Kellen Browning on June 12, 2017. This article looks at the effects of Obamacare, ACA, and Medicaid expansion on ER visits. It was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, an editorially independent service of the California Health… Read More
From Modern Healthcare If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency Nov. 8, she will quickly name people to top health policy positions Some names floated as likely contenders for HHS secretary, CMS administrator and other posts include former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Neera Tanden, Chris Jennings, Ann O’Leary, Dr. Atul Gawande… Read More
Early reports on data form 2012 and 2013 show that plans that entered the program did better if they entered earlier rather than later. However the results are clearly mixed. From the NEJM article. In the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) — the largest of the Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) programs — participating provider… Read More
Medical coverage is one thing but physicians and patients alike will tell you coverage does not mean that they will have access to timely medical care. The issue that California is facing is that the Accountable Care Act (ACA) has covered a tremendous number of patients with Medi-Cal leading many to believe they will have… Read More
Real Estate. Internet companies. Real estate again. Banks. Next healthcare?It is interesting that there are some unbelievably conflicting articles about how the Obamacare Exchange Plans and Medicaid Expansion are going. On one side, there have been some studies that show the plans are efficient and cutting the cost of healthcare and even an Op=Ed… Read More
It is always interesting to follow the successes and failures of healthcare reform. The touted solution of Obamacare revolves around the formation of the Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Recently, there has been quite a bit of press about the failure of ACO’s and more recently United Healthcare has publicly reported that they will be dropping out… Read More
It was just a matter of time before insurance companies passed on their ACA losses to physicians. I mark is just the first insurance company to announce that they will cut physician pay by 4.5% to help mitigate their losses from the Obamacare plans. As multiple insurance companies have announced that they suffered significant losses… Read More
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