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Looking back won't move us forward

August 31, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The country has made a decision that basic healthcare is essential for all of our citizens. To get there, we need to change how we function; to break the mold and look beyond our own wallets and folklore about the “American Way.”
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Scott's candidacy a shocker

August 30, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
I was shocked at Rick Scott's nomination and that he ran on the basis of his “business” acumen.
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What percentage goes to providers?

August 24, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
With all due respect to our dear leaders, what percentage of the premium dollar currently makes its way to healthcare providers?
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Board certification tied to better outcomes

August 23, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Health Affairs study noted in Andis Robeznieks’ article “No real difference seen in quality of care from foreign-trained docs” presented evidence on findings about international vs. U.S.-based medical training. However, the article overlooked additional study findings that warrant attention. The study also found new evidence of the link between physician board certification and quality of care.
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Washington putting squeeze on insurers

August 19, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
One can imagine the following spoken from the vantage point of our dear leaders in Washington: Those greedy insurance companies. There is no reason why the government should not mandate that 85% of the premium dollar go to healthcare providers of one sort of another, with a maximum of 15% left over for general, sales and administrative costs and taxes.
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Healthcare is rife with opportunity for abuse

August 17, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Unfortunately, medicine as carried out in our country is by and large fertile ground for dishonesty, outright theft, fraud and considerably worse.
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Will RACs be ‘practicing medicine'?

August 16, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
State licensing authorities might question whether recovery audit contractors' determining whether particular services are medically necessary is in fact “practicing medicine.”
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Reform law will make a difference

August 11, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Yes, I believe the healthcare reform law will save Medicare by cutting high utilization of interventions that are not really needed for the purpose of diagnosis.
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Continued cost management is key

August 10, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospitals are paying attention to satisfying the quality component for future reimbursements, which could otherwise see additional cuts in reimbursement.
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Public-option plans are nothing new

August 03, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Medicaid and Medicare are huge public-option plans that run side by side with nongovernment managed-care organizations. They have been doing so for many years.
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More government control won't help

August 02, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
recently retired from a 38-year career in healthcare administration, moved to a community with ample high-quality physicians and hospital, and enrolled in Medicare only to discover that many of the best primary-care physicians are no longer taking Medicare patients.
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Insurer profits could go to actual care

July 29, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The dollars that are spent paying insurance premiums in the hope that bills for healthcare service are paid would be better spent actually paying directly for services.
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Public option would limit choices

July 27, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
This scheme is clearly set up to drive private competition out of the market, the result being only the government option left standing.
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