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Expectations for 2016 ACA Marketplace Enrollment: A Conversation with Sabrina Corlette (December 21st)
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January 1st will mark the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) third health insurance expansion year. Under the ACA individuals with income below 4…
10 years, 6 months ago
Will Medicare Ever Cover Telehealth & Remote Monitoring? A Conversation with Krista Drobac (November 18th)
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Telehealth and remote monitoring services generally enable physicians to treat patients and monitor their health status remotely. Because …
10 years, 6 months ago
The Jimmo Settlement: Its Importance and Implementation to Date: A Conversation With Margaret Murphy (November 10th)
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In 2011 a 78 year old blind, amputated Vermont woman, Ms. Glenda Jimmo, was denied physical therapy services under Medicare because her co…
10 years, 6 months ago
Is the Intensive Use of Herbicides on Genetically Modified Food Crops Endangering the Public's Health? A Conversation with Charles Benbrook (October 20th)
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Beyond numerous other benefits derived by genetically modifying foods is herbicide resistance. This allows farmers the ability to control f…
10 years, 7 months ago
Bundled Payment and CMS's Proposal To Mandate Bundled/Episodic Payment for Hip & Knee Surgery: A Conversation with Harold Miller (September 29th)
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Bundled or episodic health care payment for a clinically defined medical episodes of care has been used since at least the 1980s. However…
10 years, 8 months ago
Medicare, Home Health and Value-Based Purchasing: A Conversation with Sherill Mason (September 23rd)
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This past July CMS announced a proposed demonstration that would either reduce or increase a Medicare home health agency's reimbursement ba…
10 years, 8 months ago
The White House's July Conference on Aging: A Conversation with Anne Montgomery (August 18th)
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This past July 13th the White House convened its sixth Conference on Aging. The meeting's purpose is to identify elder care needs over th…
10 years, 9 months ago
Tracking Implantable Medical Devices with a UDI: A Conversation with Ben Moscovitch (July 31st)
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For the past eight years the federal government has been working to create a unique medical device identification (UDI) number that would i…
10 years, 10 months ago
"Person-Centered" Health Analytics: A Conversation with Dwight McNeill (July 14th)
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Health care analytics has typically referred to modeling insurer or payer risk or to predict patient utilization or to segment patient popu…
10 years, 10 months ago
"The Medical Industrial Complex": A Conversation with Rosemary Gibson (June 24th)
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With the health care industry now accounting for 18.5 percent of the nation's GDP, or a far greater percentage than any comparable nation, …
10 years, 11 months ago