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Fix is needed for subsidies | Reducing the minimal amount of coverage may be best way to tweak ACA

By Donald Susswein | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine

Four key reforms to expand insurance coverage were intended to fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle; in reality, they fit like pieces from four different jigsaw puzzles.
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The relative worthlessness of relative value | Needed changes include more representation for primary-care doctors, lower payments for standardized procedures and pay for results, not methods

By Dr. Joel Shalowitz | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

In 1989, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act mandated use of the resource-based relative value scale methodology for physician payments under Medicare Part B. It's time for review.
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Home is where the hazards are | Support workers should be prepared when working in clients' homes

By Steve Bills | July 20, 2013 | Print Magazine

When addressing healthcare workplace safety concerns, most executives immediately think about hospital safety. They rarely think about one of the most hazardous professions in healthcare—the home healthcare aide.
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Win the battle, lose the war? | Intergenerational differences among docs may define future of healthcare

By Sean K. Murphy | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

If you believe the critical battles over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) are being fought among politicians, you're wrong. The real fight is taking place in doctors' lounges at hospitals across the country.
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The importance of basics | Seventeen essential questions for outpatient oncology clinics

By Dan Shapiro | July 06, 2013 | Print Magazine

Since writing a cancer memoir in 2000, I've given talks at more than 150 hospitals and oncology clinics. I learned that many centers and clinics invest far more in their coffee stations, light airy infusion rooms and brochures than on the basics that make a...
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Wellness now, value later | Workplace programs have benefits, though not in the short run

By Soeren Mattke and Kristin Van Busum | June 29, 2013 | Print Magazine

Across the country, workplace wellness programs are making Americans healthier, paying quality-of-life dividends for millions of participating workers now and into the future. Employers are screening workers for diseases, paying for health club memberships...
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Even in healthcare, quality is free | By focusing on patients, their satisfaction and your income will improve

By William M. Jennings | June 22, 2013 | Print Magazine

As the healthcare industry prepares for the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known affectionately or derisively as “Obamacare,” the issues that preoccupy top hospital and system managers range from cost-cutting to...
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Steps toward transparency | Health organizations need to be open with consumers about pricing

By Joseph Fifer | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine

From industry media to your hometown newspaper, news about the push for transparency in healthcare pricing is hard to miss these days.
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Danger in the skies | To curb emergency helicopter crashes, focus on pilot haste, experience

By Scott Brooksby | June 07, 2013 | Print Magazine

In comparison to nearly every other type of commercial aviation, there is an inordinate rate of accidents within medical helicopter aviation.
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Oregon study a wake-up call | Medicaid needs to change as it expands to improve outcomes

By Dr. Glenn Steele | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine

Recent findings from the Oregon Health Study have resulted in headlines intended as a warning for next January's planned expansion of the Medicaid program (as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): “Bad news for Obamacare: A...
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