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Regarding “Consortium aims to speed device reviews”: The Dec. 3 article about the Medical Device Innovation Consortium covers the concerns of the very vocal, profitable medical-device industry.
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Regarding “HMA exec says physicians 'grossly mischaracterized' admissions management”: It wasn't just physicians who were interviewed and who had identified this “problem”: fraud.
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Regarding “HMA execs defend ER admissions rates”: It is extremely disingenuous to say that administrators have no say in how admission decisions are made.
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Regarding “Include Medicare, Medicaid cuts in deficit deal: Durbin”: Were American policymakers to have the benefit of transparent financial statements prepared the way the public companies must report their liabilities, they would see clearly the magnitude of the future borrowing that...
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Eric Semelroth's cartoon in the Nov. 5 issue of Modern Healthcare was the most succinct description of the presidential election I have seen.
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Regarding “Healthcare industry leaders react to Obama's re-election”: Great article on the comments from healthcare providers on the Obamacare program, now that Obama has been elected for a second term.
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Regarding “Modern Healthcare survey finds deep anger over ACA”: Finally, some honesty in the industry! This legislation is problematic to all providers who truly care about quality and access.
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Regarding “Healthcare industry leaders react to Obama's re-election”: It seems to me that—with the number and size of institutions at year 2000 levels, with increasing patient loads of some 16 million-plus new Medicaid patients, 4 million each year in new Medicare patients and...
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Regarding “CMS details Medicaid primary-care payments boost”: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act specified that Medicaid would pay primary-care physicians at the same level as Medicare. So this is a first positive step. But it is clearly not sufficient.
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Regarding "Superstorm Sandy knocks out power at East Coast hospitals, prompting evacuations": I hope this isn't twisted into an argument against...
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