Tag Archives for Medicare
You don’t have to be a healthcare policy pundit to surmise that all facets of delivery in this country are driven by profit and minimization of costs required to do it — from the insurers to Pharma, from acute hospitals … Continue reading →
21. February 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Corporate, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Pharma & Devices, Politics & The Law, Science & Research |
Tags: America's Health Insurance Plans, Ethics and Responsibility, Health Insurance, Health Reform Debate, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Legislation, Healthcare Policy Polling, Medicaid, Medicare, Pharma Advertising, Physicians and Practice, Practice Management, Preventive Medicine, Taxes, The Uninsured, Third Parties |
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Yet another so-called doc-fix bill has been introduced in the House. Essentially the bill is the same — the usual blather about streamlining Medicare payments to physicians, and such. But, there supposedly is a silver lining that could presage passage: … Continue reading →
07. February 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Health Reform Debate, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Legislation, Medicare |
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The concept began in the late 20th century, as some primary care clinicians could see the pending writing on the proverbial Medicare wall — their practices were losing money, as their overhead and Medicare/Medicaid beneficiary pools were increasing. The concept … Continue reading →
28. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: Corporate, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Chronic Disease Management, Ethics and Responsibility, Health Insurance, Healthcare Delivery, Medicaid, Medicare, Minnesota, Physicians and Practice, Primary Care |
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Call it a natural by-product of the increasingly staggering numbers of the post-Boomer elderly in this country. Call it a failure of certain community social safety nets to account for those seniors who fall through the fiscal cracks. Or simply … Continue reading →
27. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Knowledge & Medicine, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Legislation, Medicaid, Medical Education, Medicare, Practice Management, Preventive Medicine, Public Health |
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Don Berwick, MD, who left his post as CMS chief in 2011, may be considering a run for Mass. governor. In spite of his troubled tenure on Capitol Hill, Berwick remains a popular and favorably regarded health policy titan. What’s … Continue reading →
09. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Donald Berwick, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Medicare |
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Truth in advertising? Rick Scott — Republican governor of Florida and, along with Texas governor, Rick Perry — is often most closely aligned with the drive to counter the acceptance of government funds as part of the ACA to expand … Continue reading →
08. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law, Science & Research |
Tags: Ethics and Responsibility, Medicaid, Medicare, Reform Law, Taxes, The Uninsured, Transparency & Disclosure |
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It is with cautious optimism that I regard the recent news that the Obama administration is supporting an increase in Medicare outlays for “skilled home care” for dually eligible or Medicaid-only beneficiaries in the community. The administration sided with the … Continue reading →
25. October 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Alzheimer Dementia, Barack Obama, Chronic Disease Management, Diabetes Mellitus II, Ethics and Responsibility, Geriatric Medicine, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Exchanges, Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Legislation, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Physicians and Practice, Practice Management, Preventive Medicine, Primary Care, Public Health, Reform Law, The Uninsured, Third Parties, Vermont |
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CMS is taking a fresh look at participating hospitals’ readmission rates. Back in ’10, the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program was created as part of the ACA to decrease the overwhelming number of readmissions within 30 days’ time for certain key … Continue reading →
03. October 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Ethics and Responsibility, Healthcare Delivery, Hospitals, Medicare |
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The former head of CMS calls the latest Medicare issue an “urgent problem that must be stopped”. Mark McClellan, CMS chief during the George W Bush administration, is referring to the gradual upcoding of services rendered by healthcare providers (principally … Continue reading →
30. September 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Knowledge & Medicine, Politics & The Law, Science & Research |
Tags: Donald Berwick, Election 2012, Electronic Health Record, Ethics and Responsibility, Healthcare Informatics, Medicare, Physicians and Practice, Practice Management |
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It’s not only the direct providers of patient care — the physicians, NPs, PAs, and other ancillaries — with whom one has to worry about issues of drug diversion and other modalities of inappropriate prescribing of narcotics; it’s also CMS. … Continue reading →
28. September 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Knowledge & Medicine, Pharma & Devices, Science & Research |
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Health Reform Debate, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Part D, The Uninsured |
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Overall enrollment within Medicare Advantage plans has increased as a result of the ACA. (The WH says that the programs — which offer Medicare benefits to beneficiaries over and above the government standard package — are “thriving”.) The CBO projected … Continue reading →
21. September 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Corporate, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law |
Tags: America's Health Insurance Plans, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Financing, Medicare, Performance, Physicians and Practice, Third Parties |
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Evidence of just another Mitt Romney flip-flop, or something more strategic? On the Sunday Talkers, the GOP presidential candidate surprised some with his admission of approving of certain aspects of the ACA. Stating that he “likes” certain parts of Obamacare, … Continue reading →
10. September 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Election 2012, Health Reform Debate, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Financing, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Reform Law |
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The NYT points out this morning something that this blog has always promulgated — the increasing importance of Medicaid spending and its effect on current and future healthcare costs. For all of the blather going on over Medicare and its … Continue reading →
05. September 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Health Reform Debate, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Legislation, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, The Uninsured |
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Originating from Saint Paul, MN, Doctor Pundit is all about the intersection between healthcare policy, science, politics, and all surrounding points and issues. Although the entire scope of healthcare delivery and policy is much too encompassing for just one blogger to cover, I'll try my best. Enjoy! From time to time, you'll also see other items of interest that probably have nothing to do with health policy in the least. Try and keep an open mind. :) Proprietor & Editor -- Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
