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Focus on value | Hospitals, patients benefit when providers treat quality like a financial report
By Leah Binder | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
"Of all the transformations reshaping American healthcare, none is more profound than the shift toward value.”
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Dissecting the president's budget | Crucial agencies would barely keep up with inflation under Obama's plan
By Merrill Goozner | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
From a healthcare perspective, the release of President Barack Obama's budget last week was extremely disturbing—and not because of the new cuts it would impose on healthcare providers.
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The Affordable Care Act at age 3 | Despite many successes, healthcare reform law still faces challenges
By Merrill Goozner | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Obama administration can justifiably look back with pride at year three of its signature healthcare reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Healthcare ROI | Medical research, comparative-effectiveness studies deserve investment
By David May | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As the countdown to the launch of painful federal budget cuts nears the zero hour, it would be foolish to expect new allocations of funding for anything, including medical research.
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Opt out at your own peril | States may be hurting their own citizens by letting feds run exchanges
By Merrill Goozner | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
There's no shortage of ironies when it comes to healthcare reform. The latest comes from the decision by over two dozen states to opt out of starting their own health insurance exchanges.
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What's the matter with Texas? | Perry fails to see how expanding Medicaid benefits state, taxpayers
By Merrill Goozner | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The dominoes are falling. Last week, Republican governors in Ohio and Michigan joined the parade of leaders admitting the U.S. has a major problem in the way it provides care for the uninsured.
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A little extra in the fiscal deal | Backroom deals are bad medicine and no way to set payment policy
By Merrill Goozner | February 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Legislators in Washington all claim they want to hold down healthcare spending, recognizing it is the main driver of the nation's long-term deficit.
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Why not a performance standard? | Medicare readmission penalties should be agnostic to underlying conditions
By Merrill Goozner | January 26, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
New research published last week calls into question the current structure of Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
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Curbing healthcare spending | The slowdown is real and should impact federal cost-cutting debate
By Merrill Goozner | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
It's too soon to pop the Champagne corks on healthcare spending. But the latest evidence suggests the slowdown is real and not just recession-related.
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Resolve in the face of tragedy | Connecticut horror draws much-needed focus to mental health services
By Merrill Goozner | December 22, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
How sad that it took Newtown, Connecticut's horrific tragedy to finally focus the nation's attention on two pressing public health problems.
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