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New Issue Brief examines debate around Medicare physician payments. The Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) was created to provide access for patients, control federal health spending on Medicare Part B, and distribute costs across different medical specialties. However, federal health care expenditures have continuously grown over their targets in the past decade, rendering the SGR obsolete. The SGR is complicated: It is necessary that industry stakeholders understand it fully, and that they consider its modification in the broader context of the industry's sustainability rather than a narrow...
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An Issue Brief from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, provides an update on state Medicaid programs and considerations for stakeholders as states identify ways to improve care management and reduce costs.
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In an update to its 2011 report, the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions evaluates a range of possible reform-driven outcomes on insurance coverage, from how employers might respond to cost increases to how uninsured individuals might participate in exchanges.
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Providers feel the impact of government regulations on many fronts. Margins are down, and the need to control costs is acute. Compliance requirements are snowballing — as is the potential for risk. But where there's risk, there's opportunity — and we're here to help. Our Provider practice supports organizations working on critical challenges in today's complex health care environment.
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Patients with kidney disease makeup only 1.5% of the Medicare population, but account for 10% of all Medicare costs — approximately $30 billion annually.1 Forty percent of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) “crash” into dialysis with acute renal failure by way of the ER, often with multiple co-morbidities. Once discharged, they are 1.4 times more likely to be readmitted in the first 30 days than non-ESRD patients, making this patient population one of the most expensive in healthcare today.3
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A Mayo Clinic study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine1 in August 2012 found that nearly half of physicians struggle with burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion and “a tendency to view patients as objects instead of as people.” Running a successful medical practice while maintaining anything approximating a healthy work-life balance is becoming increasingly difficult.
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Top healthcare CEOs provide insights on the key issues shaping the future of the healthcare industry in this in-depth report from Huron Healthcare. Based on highlights from Huron's annual CEO Forum, the report includes valuable, actionable ideas on key issues, including: moving from volume to value, cost containment, re-imagining the care delivery model, population health management, expanding the roles of clinicians, and imperatives for physician alignment. The report also features perspectives from top executives outside of the healthcare industry on leading organizations through...
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