Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: Medicare
In nursing homes, an epidemic of poor dental hygiene
From the Well blog at the New York Times: Katherine Ford visited her father, Dean Piercy, a World War II veteran with dementia, at a nursing home in Roanoke, Va., for months before she noticed the dust on his electric … Continue reading
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Tagged dental hygiene, health behavior, insurance, Medicare, nursing homes
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Data transparency at CMS
From the Health Affairs blog: Over time it has become very clear that health care today relies on sharing data to drive improvements in access and care delivery as well as control costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services … Continue reading
Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not Geography
New from the National Academies Press: Health care in the United States is more expensive than in other developed countries, costing $2.7 trillion in 2011, or 17.9 percent of the national gross domestic product. Increasing costs strain budgets at all … Continue reading
New HRSA briefs on rural health
From the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Two new health briefs have been published focusing on rural health and Medicare. “Medicare Payments & Common Diagnoses. Review of 2009 Medicare Output Claims Data. Findings Brief #107” (ORPH00574) presents a summary profile … Continue reading
Immigrants Contributed More To The Medicare Trust Fund Than They Took Out In 2002-09
From Health Affairs: In 2009 immigrants in the United States accounted for a net surplus of $13.8 billion paid into the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, while native-born Americans were responsible for depleting the fund of $30.9 billion. This finding … Continue reading
Medicare advantage costs often exceed traditional Medicare costs
From the Commonwealth Fund: Health plans participating in Medicare Advantage (MA), the private insurance option for Medicare beneficiaries, have long been paid considerably more to provide coverage of hospital and physician services than what the government spends to deliver the same benefits … Continue reading
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Tagged health insurance, insurance, Medicare, research
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Health Wonk Review for February
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Health Wonk Review–here’s the latest, Waste, Warnings and the Future, this month on healthinsurance.org. Enjoy!
FAQ: Decoding The $716 billion in Medicare reductions
From Kaiser Health News: The structure and financing of Medicare, the federal health insurance program that serves seniors and the disabled, has become a defining issue in the presidential and congressional campaigns since GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney picked as … Continue reading
Healthcare Innovations Summit – Recap now available
On January 26, 2012, health delivery systems, physicians, innovators, policymakers, academics and venture capitalists gathered at the Care Innovations Summit in Washington, DC. More than 1,200 individuals participated in person and an additional 3,000 joined online. Hosted by the Centers … Continue reading
New Study Suggests Improvements For Estimating Who Is Eligible For Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies
From Health Affairs: State governments are preparing for the advent of individual health insurance exchanges in 2014, and for the projected seventeen million Americans who meet certain income eligibility criteria but are not eligible for Medicaid or an affordable employer-sponsored … Continue reading
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Tagged health care reform, insurance, Medicaid, Medicare
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