Medicare: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Finds Competitive Bidding Could Solve Fiscal Crisis
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As a natural outcome of program incentives, physicians and other health care providers are motivated to deliver more services as a means to increase Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments. Chronic overtreatment, and the resulting overpayment, has led Medicare into its current financial crisis.
Medicare’s private insurance plans, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans,...
PCORI Identifies Five National Priorities for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has published its first set of proposed national priorities for research, Draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda Version 1. This 22-page publication highlights five focus areas for use in guiding comparative clinical effectiveness research and funding announcements.
The Institute invites comments from...
A third of U.S. health care expenditures are spent on care for the elderly. In terms of overall medical and drug spending, the top five conditions among the elderly are:
Heart conditions
Cancer
Osteoarthritis and non-traumatic joint disorders
Hypertension
Trauma-related disorders
Every year, of the 40 million seniors in the U.S. who live at home...