Health Care
Health care reforms continue to move through Senate
Today will be a busy day for the Senate Rules Committee. As of this writing, the committee is set to hear 18 bills when they get together later. Among the…
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What’s ailing American health care
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online challenges popular notions about problems plaguing American health care. I have for years argued that most people would be reflexive free-market capitalists if not…
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Appeals Court rules UNC Health Care can charge by the half hour for operations
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a lower-court ruling favoring UNC Health Care in a class-action lawsuit involving charges for operating room time. Alexander…
Health Care
NYT op-ed considers benefits of a new Trump hospital rule
Due to the on-going government shutdown and myriad of other national news stories, you probably missed a significant policy change aimed at hospital prices. The Trump Administration created a new federal…
Health Care
Less regulation, more value
In the past, I have written about a healthcare payment model commonly referred to as “patient-centered” or “value-based” care (see here, here, and here). The idea behind patient-centered care is…
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Hospitals, patients, and a health care billing mess
Charles Silver and David Hyman write at National Review Online that our current health care system produces drastically different outcomes for hospitals and patients. [S]urprise bills are often grossly inflated.…
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Even With Insurance, Patients Are Blindsided By Expensive Medical Bills
It’s that time of year again. Time to renew your health plan, that is. The Affordable Care Act’s 2017 health insurance enrollment period is beyond its midpoint, and consumers in…
Health Care
Even With Insurance, Patients Are Blindsided By Expensive Medical Bills
With Thanksgiving in hindsight, it’s that time of year again. Time to renew your health plan, that is. The Affordable Care Act’s 2017 health insurance enrollment period has reached its…
Health Care
More Reasons Why Telemedicine Pairs Well With Direct Primary Care
Unlike primary care physicians that accept insurance, direct primary care (DPC) doctors aren’t waiting around for the American Medical Association (AMA) to expand the number of health insurance billing codes that…
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Don’t Worry. There’s A Code For That, Too.
The latest version of the health care system’s disease classification system (ICD-10) has gone live on October 1. Under the updated index, doctors can now classify ailments using an extensive list of…
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ICD-10: The Code Overkill Has Gone Live
The medical code overkill is now here. After a four-year delay, the US health care system has crossed over to an updated medical diagnosis coding system endorsed by the World…
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ICD-10: The Code Overkill Has Gone Live
View in your browser. The medical code overkill is now here. After a four-year delay, the US health care system has crossed over to an updated medical diagnosis coding system…