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Medicare’s Race, Ethnic Data Often Undercounts Minority Populations, Study Finds

July 7, 2020 sarah Jonas health disparaties, Medicaid, Medicare, Minorities

Information critical to a nationwide priority of reducing health care disparities among minorities is incomplete and inaccurate, according to a new Rutgers study

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Middle-Aged Adults Worried About Health Insurance Costs Now, Uncertain for Future

February 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Affordability, Health Insurance, Health Policy, Healthcare Costs, Medicare

Health insurance costs weigh heavily on the minds of many middle-aged adults, and many are worried for what they’ll face in retirement or if federal health policies change, according to a new study. More than a quarter of people in their 50s and early 60s lack confidence that they’ll be able to afford health insurance in the next year, and the number goes up to nearly half when they look ahead to retirement.

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Study Finds Association Between Patient Therapy Time, Length of Stay After Hip Fracture Surgery

January 27, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments george washington university school of medicine and health sciences, Health Care, Medicare, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation

Researchers in the George Washington University Advanced Metrics Lab found that a hip fracture patient’s length of stay in a rehabilitation facility has a greater impact on functional independence than therapy time per day

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Ratings system may penalize hospitals serving vulnerable communities

January 7, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Health Disparities, Medicaid, Medicare, Public Health

Analysis of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare rating system shows that hospitals serving vulnerable communities may be judged on social factors outside of their control.

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Lack of Specialists Doom Rural Sick Patients

December 3, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Disparities, Medicare, rural access to physicians

Residents of rural areas are more likely to be hospitalized and to die than those who live in cities primarily because they lack access to specialists, according to research in Health Affairs.

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Peritoneal Dialysis Use Has Increased in the United States after Medicare Payment Reform

November 21, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Dialysis, Medicare

• After a Medicare payment policy related to dialysis was implemented in 2011, use of home-based peritoneal dialysis increased significantly.
• Increases were seen for both “early” and “late” peritoneal dialysis: more patients initiated dialysis with peritoneal dialysis and more patients switched from hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis.

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Too Good to Be True?

November 4, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Medicare

New analysis casts doubt on effectiveness of Medicare payment incentive program as a way to curb hospital readmissions Study suggests drop in readmission rates observed after program launch likely stemmed from a broader decline in admissions rather than as a result of the program
The findings highlight the need for implementing policies in ways that allow their impact to be distinguished from other changes in health care

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American Society of Anesthesiologists Offers Trump Administration Medical Expertise to Protect and Improve Medicare

October 4, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Executive Order, Medicare, Patient Safety, Trump Administration

ASA today offered it medical expertise to the Trump Administration as it works to improve Medicare beneficiaries’ access to physician care, implement transparency and market-based reforms, while reducing cost and regulatory burdens as provided in President Trump’s Executive Order.

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Medicaid Reimbursement for Spinal Surgery Varies Between States

September 27, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Medicare, Spine

Most states reimburse less for spinal surgery in Medicaid patients, compared to Medicare reimbursement for the same procedures, reports a study in Spine. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.