New insurer lowers proposed rates for Obamacare health plans
July 29, 2013
By Arielle Levin Becker Thursday, July 25, 2013 HealthyCT, a new insurer, has significantly reduced what it’s proposing to charge customers who buy health plans through the marketplace created by
How Your Insurance Reimbursement Amounts are Calculated or How a Secretive Panel Uses Data That Distort Doctors’ Pay
July 23, 2013
The Washington Post By Peter Whoriskey and Dan Keating, Published: July 20 “Unknown to most, a single committee of the AMA, the chief lobbying group for physicians, meets confidentially every year
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $22.9 million to end recall lawsuit
July 19, 2013
Reuters Wed, Jul 17 2013 By Jessica Dye NEW YORK – Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $22.9 million to end a lawsuit from investors who claimed the company
Yale study identifies ways to prevent Medicare patient readmission
July 18, 2013
Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 By Register Staff / NEW HAVEN — A study led by Yale University researchers has identified ways to avoid readmission of Medicare patients to hospitals,
Hospitals Owning Up to Their Mistakes
July 15, 2013
US News and World Reports By Beth Howard | July 12, 2013 – Malpractice lawyers have long counseled doctors and hospitals not to admit to medical mishaps, much less apologize for them.
Too much noise from hospital alarms poses risk for patients
July 11, 2013
The Washington Post By Lena H. Sun, Published: July 7 – Walk into a hospital intensive-care unit and hear the din: A ventilator honks loudly. An infusion pump emits a high-pitched
Redesigning the patient experience for safer care
July 9, 2013
AMedNews.com | By Kevin B. O’Reilly | amednews staff — Posted June 24, 2013 Implementing processes that improve how patients feel about the care they receive can have another upshot: better quality
Diagnosis: Insufficient Outrage
July 8, 2013
NT Times Op-Ed | Diagnosis: Insufficient Outrage | By H. Gilbert Welch | Published: July 4, 2013 Hanover, N.H. – Recent revelations should lead those of us involved in America’s health care system
Top Medicare Prescribers Rake In Speaking Fees From Drugmakers
June 26, 2013
by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Jennifer LaFleur | ProPublica, June 25, 2013, This story was co-published with NPR. When the blood pressure drug Bystolic hit the market in 2008, it faced
Should Physician Pay Be Tied to Performance?
June 18, 2013
Wall Street Journal – JOURNAL REPORTS | June 16, 2013, 4:11 p.m. ET – We need to rethink how we pay doctors. That’s one thing almost everyone can agree on.