WSJ.com: Health Blog April 27, 2010 8:47 AM by Katherine Hobson Under reimbursement rules, IV chemo counts as a medical benefit, but oral treatments fall under the (usually less comprehensive) drug benefit. Is ‘Chemo Parity’ a Good Idea?
April 27, 2010
Healthcare Economist April 22, 2010 2:22 AM by Jason Shafrin Many researchers claim that decreasing physician reimbursement will decrease Medicare expenditures. Mechanically, this is true, but in reality, physicians may adjust their treatment behavior to make up for lost income. A study by Yip (1998) evaluates how change in reimbursement for coronary artery bypass graft… [Read more…]
April 27, 2010
From The New York Times: States Warn of ‘Obamacare’ Scams Con artists are taking advantage of confusion over the recent health care overhaul, with one plan offering protection against “death panels.” http://nyti.ms/9mj0Q9
April 27, 2010
WSJ.com: Health Blog April 23, 2010 2:05 PM by Katherine Hobson The practice should be making fewer headlines in the future, since it’s officially prohibited under the health-care overhaul legislation. WellPoint Brouhaha Puts Rescission Back in Headlines
April 26, 2010
From The New York Times: EDITORIAL: Faltering Cancer Trials The government’s system for judging the clinical effectiveness of cancer treatments, now in “a state of crisis,” must be repaired. http://nyti.ms/dgUbDk
April 26, 2010
From The New York Times: ‘Informed Consent’ and the Ethics of DNA Research There is a lot scientists can do with a swab. But their research subjects have begun to question the locked lab door. http://nyti.ms/aiBp01
April 26, 2010
From The New York Times: Growing Split in Arizona Over Immigration Immigration has always polarized the state. But the new law has widened the chasm in a way few can remember. http://nyti.ms/9oFVxu
April 24, 2010
Anger regarding the health-care overhaul caused the number of serious threats against members of Congress to triple in the first quarter of this year, according to federal law enforcement officials.
April 24, 2010
From The New York Times: OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Ending the Slavery Blame-Game The debate over slavery reparations ignores Africans’ role in selling human beings. http://nyti.ms/cwZq1A
April 23, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. There was Yenny Hsu, who lived and worked in Los Angeles. And there was Patricia Reilling, a successful art gallery owner and interior designer from Louisville, Kentucky. Neither of these women… [Read more…]
April 23, 2010
Doctors have known that some cancer patients receive treatment for disease that may have disappeared on its own. But whether cancer screenings should be reduced before science has found a way to distinguish harmless tumors from bad ones has been a hotly contested issue. So on Thursday, when a provocative journal article suggested that the… [Read more…]
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