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MedPAC seeks changes in physician payment incentives; Coalition promotes electronic ordering of imaging tests;
> In an announcement likely to be taken seriously--as its recommendations may soon be implemented automatically--MedPAC has released a report suggesting that Medicare change the way it pays... Read more...
Study: P4P works with proper incentives
Building on what seems to be a growing consensus, a new study concludes that pay-for-performance schemes can be effective if doctors get the right incentives. The study, which appears in the American... Read more...
Groups urge legislators, president to address healthcare disparities
Sadly, there are often large disparities in between the health outcomes of different minority groups, including higher rates of death from some conditions. Now, with a new president in place,... Read more...
Physicians support incentives for EMRs
A new study suggests that physicians generally support measures in the pending economic stimulus package that would pay to promote broader adoption of health information technology. However, they... Read more...
CA hospitals risk earthquake damage
Now here's a scary statistic: As many as half of California hospital facilities are at risk for earthquake damage--or even collapse--and won't meet state construction requirements, due largely to... Read more...
Study: U.S. chronically ill most likely to go without care
In yet another sign of the stresses facing our healthcare system, a recent study found that chronically ill patients in the U.S. are much more likely to go without healthcare because of the cost than... Read more...
Insurers give doctors 'kickbacks' for prescribing generic drugs
We all know how the pharmaceutical industry tries to get doctors to prescribe brand-name drugs even though a generic is available, for their own profit. But what about the flip-side of that problem:... Read more...
Jury is still out on WV's patient incentives program
Traditionally, Medicaid programs have not been known as hotbeds of innovation. However, West Virginia is instituting a new initiative--possibly the first of its type in the U.S.--that offers a... Read more...
FDA's medical approval process faces GAO scrutiny
The Government Accountability Office is scheduled to release a report next month on the FDA's medical device review process, but the facts that we have available to us already suggest that things are... Read more...
Suit says Medtronic gave doctors plush gifts
Apparently, Medtronic really loves surgeons--so much so that it gave them lots of presents. The medical devicemaker allegedly gave doctors some very plush gifts for using its products, including sexy... Read more...
