Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
In addition to today’s 5th anniversary Cavalcade of Risk, here are some more links to get you through a shortened workweek. Are local and state unfunded pension liabilities $800 billion or $3 trillion? Measles epidemic? Can skin cells become neurons? Google tracks Dengue Fever. Does prescription drug coverage reduce hospitalizations? Does more medical spending improve…
The vanishing emergency room. Which conferences is thinking about paying college athletes? Who benefited from the H1N1 pandemic scare? Loopholes in the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Is poker a game of skill or luck? Crime of the century?
Botox vs. Preventive Care. Hall of famer chooses hospice care. “He sees reminders of Soviet thinking in the United States…” Justin Bieber inhaler? Do nursing homes provide health insurance to their own employees? Are airport body scanners safe? Plus the latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at Risk Management Monitor.
What fraction of Texans along the Mexican border receive medical care in Mexico? Should a diabetic receive treatment at a for-profit or not-for-profit facility? Will Medicare vouchers reduce cost and improve quality? Yes vs. No. 2001-2008: 15% decline in CABG. Healing the world?
Easy way to save Medicare $0.5 billion. Diaper inflation. Does better health lead to job promotions or do promotions improve health? Nursing licensing requirements by state. Water slides in Milwaukee. Americans like EHR.
Japanese toilets and electricity shortages. California’s priorities: higher education of prisons? Progress on ACOs in Medicare. 1:273. Quality vs. convenience.
The latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk has been posted on Christian Personal Finance. Plus here are my own mid-week must-read links: Americans give U.S. Health Care Low Grades. Do report cards hurt bad surgeons more than they help good ones? Blocks grants vs. matching funds. End health care tax deductibility. Medicare and adverse…
If you’re reading this at work… Pay your credit card bill…or else! Which company owes $70m penalty for corruption? Opening the files on failed drug to company rivals. RUC defenders are getting worried. Are school nurses illegal?
Medicare FFS has higher…lower…higher mortality rates than Medicare managed care beneficiaries. Does physician experience improve LASIK outcomes? More nurses lead to fewer SNF deaths. Does surgical profitability affect the location the surgery is performed? One man, £4.7m in fake meds.
CMS Punts on EPO. How $20/shot turned into $1,500/shot. Hospitals + Katrina = Lawsuit. Why isn’t Sidney Moncrief in the Hall of Fame? ASCs reduce hospital revenues, costs, and profits.