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Dr. Rhonique Harris to Help Expand Mission of Care Coordination Plan Serving Washington, D.C.'s Children and Youth with Disabilities WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (HSCSN), the District of Columbia's leader in care coordination for children and young adults with disabilities, announced today that Dr. Rhonique Harris will become the organization's new Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs. Dr....
Premiums Increased in Second Quarter 2013 by 1.2 Percent per Plan on Average with Notable Outliers SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysis from HealthPocket, Inc., shows that health insurance premiums have remained steady in the lead up to the implementation of highly anticipated mandatory insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Between February 1 and May 1, 2013, health insurance premiums increased by an average of 1.2...
Alicare Medical Management received the prestigious Case in Point Platinum Award for its diabetic management program during Dorland Health's 5th Annual Care Coordination Summit in Washington, DC. White Plains, NY (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Alicare Medical Management (AMM) received the prestigious Case in Point Platinum Award for its diabetic management program during Dorland Health’s 5th Annual Care Coordination Summit in Washington, DC. Case in Point Platinum Awards recognize...
NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In the seven years since Massachusetts enacted its universal healthcare law, the number of people covered by insurance through the workplace increased, running counter to nationwide trends at the same time. PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) today released the first of a two-part series called, The Massachusetts Experience, examining the real-world implications of health reform in the first state in the nation to move forward with a broad...
The global medical device market reached $331 billion in 2012, just 3% higher than 2011. Reduced growth rate is the result of a challenged healthcare market in Europe and slow funding increases in the United States. New York, New York (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 The global medical device market reached 331 billion dollars in 2012, according to Kalorama Information, just 3% higher than 2011. The healthcare market research firm says reduced growth rate is the result of a challenged healthcare...
Close Second Factor is Percent of People Uninsured SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new HealthPocket consumer survey looks at what factors will contribute to the perceived success or failure of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) beginning in January 1, 2014. When survey takers were asked, "Which do you think is the most important issue for judging if Obamacare is a success or failure in 2014?" 38 percent answered that the number one factor was premium...
Congressional Staff Discuss Legislative Proposals to Eliminate and Reduce the High Cost of Specialty Tiers WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) today convened a briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight the patient perspective on specialty tier prescription medicines and the barriers to their access for patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other life-threatening and debilitating diseases. The medicines are...
Dr. Frank G. Opelka offers remarks on the role of quality measures under a reformed Medicare physician payment policy. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 The National Quality Forum (NQF) today testifies before the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, at a 10:00am hearing focused on options for repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and reforming the Medicare physician payment system to reward quality and value. Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS, will offer remarks on...
The increasing proportion of the population that received treatment for a specific medical condition – called "treated disease prevalence" -- along with higher spending per treated case accounted for most of the rise in health care spending in the U.S. between 1987 and 2009, according to a recent analysis. In the analysis, published in the May edition of Health Affairs, Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Emory's Rollins School of Public...
Slowdown in health care spending growth could save Americans $770 billion, study finds A slowdown in the growth of U.S. health care costs could mean that Americans could save as much as $770 billion on Medicare spending over the next decade, Harvard economists say. In a May 6 paper published in Health Affairs, David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, and co-author Nikhil Sahni, a senior researcher in Harvard's Economics Department, point to several factors,...
