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In need of more data and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding your recent cover story on medical homes “Finding their way home,” Oct. 7, p. 6), it's fascinating to see the divergence of findings. A major Blues plan is moving ahead with wider implementation...
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Bending the cost curve … upward and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding the story "Most federally run exchanges will offer more plans, lower premiums than expected, HHS report shows" (ModernHealthcare.com, Sept. 25), I find it amazing that you reported what HHS said with no...
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Ignoring evidence about Obamacare and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
If, as you claim, the debate over Obamacare is ill-informed (Editorial, “Obamacare's positive economic news,” Sept. 23, p. 20), editors like you deserve most of the credit. As opposed to your vague,...
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Pay us now or pay us later and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding “Serious dental infections requiring hospitalization up 40% since 2000” (ModernHealthcare.com, Sept.3), payers do not reimburse primary-care or urgent-care physicians for diagnosing and treating...
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Turn attention to real estate
By Modern Healthcare | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
I read with interest the outsourcing/purchasing survey feature in the Sept. 2 issue ("An inside job?"). While the topic and general focus certainly are timely in the current environment, I believe the story could be...
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Where's the scrutiny?
By Modern Healthcare | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Political posturing related to the Independent Payment Advisory Board aside (Aug. 26 editorial, “The IPAB punching bag,” p. 20), one portion of the IPAB statute that requires examination is a provision...
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Just drop the identifiers and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding “Patients care what their electronic healthcare data are used for, survey shows”, to quote something a friend said when sharing this, “Hello, Captain Obvious.” Of course we care how and...
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AMA's criticism of CMS' new physician fee schedule is misdirected
By Modern Healthcare | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding “Reform Update: AMA blasts new Medicare physician fee schedule, defends RUC," the American Medical Association is misdirecting its criticism of the
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Critical-access concerns
By Modern Healthcare | August 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Regarding “OIG proposal threatens two-thirds of enhanced payments to critical-access hospitals”, this proposal is very concerning and off target as we seek to improve the health status of our country. It makes...
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Leapfrog defends methodology and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The American Hospital Association wrote to Modern Healthcare last week, “Leapfrog tool 'seriously flawed', unhappy with Leapfrog Group's calculator that helps purchasers identify the millions of dollars in...
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