Study Finds No Harm In Allowing Surgeons-In-Training To Work Longer Shifts
(By – Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News) Patients suffered no extra harm when doctors training to be surgeons were allowed
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Month: February 2016
Buying Supplemental Insurance Can Be Hard For Younger Medicare Beneficiaries
(By – Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News) Danny Thompson’s kidneys have failed and he needs a transplant but in some
Read MoreHead Of California Exchange Scolds UnitedHealth For Blaming Woes On Obamacare
(By – Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News) Amid growing questions over the future of insurance exchanges, the head of California’s marketplace
Read MoreHome Healthcare Having a Positive Effect on Hospital Readmissions
A recent study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, using the Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network, points out
Read MoreExposing the “Free Scooter” Scam
The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a report proving what most rational
Read MoreAetna’s Stratety to Transition to Value-Based Payments Leads to New ACO
Delaware Valley ACO, currently operating with 671 affiliated primary care physicians, is now aligned with Aetna in a moved designed to
Read MoreNIH launches public health campaign on link between hypertension and brain health
(Source – National Institutes of Health) A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that uncontrolled high blood pressure is not
Read MoreStudy: Doctors’ Texts Can Prod Patients To Take Drugs, But Questions Linger
(By – Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News) A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but that’s hardly useful if
Read MoreN.Y., Minn. Opt For Low-Cost Plans To Help Some Residents Afford Coverage
(By – Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News) In January, more than 350,000 lower income New Yorkers began paying $20 a
Read MoreHospitals Employ Email ‘Empathy’ To Help Doctors And Patients Keep In Touch
(By – Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News) A health care startup made a wild pitch to Cara Waller, CEO
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