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Managed Medicare Advantage Plans Demonstrate Better Outcomes for Patients / By Analyzing Insurance Claims From 3 Million U.S. Medicare Patients, The Boston Consulting Group Finds That Managed Private Plans Outperform Traditional Fee-for-Service…
BOSTON, MA — (Marketwired) — 05/14/13 — As health systems around the world experiment with alternative models for care delivery and reimbursement to improve health care quality and lower cost, t… Continue reading
Opt out or left out? The economics of stay-at-home moms
Conventional wisdom holds that stay-at-home moms do so because they can afford not to work. Instead, experts say, many moms appear to be staying home with their kids because they can’t afford to work.“They just think they don’t have enough education and skill … where their pay would cover their child care, transportation and clothes,” said Stephanie Coontz, a professor of history and family st… Continue reading
A Rise in the Number of the Aged in Asia-Pacific Widens the Market for Home Care Devices, Finds Frost & Sullivan
– Advances in medical technologies encourage more patients to adopt home care devices KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Acknowledging the rapid aging of the population in Asia-P… Continue reading
New data show price differences for health procedures
New health care data show the wide cost differences for the same medical procedures Continue reading
House lacks support for GOP health care bill
House Republicans fail to sway conservatives to back their own health care legislation. Continue reading
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Face Homelessness When Baby is Born
Tough times have hit Kim Kardashian and Kanye West … they may not have a roof over their heads to care for their newborn child. Continue reading
More Efficient Hospitals: What’s wURKEN?
NEW YORK (MainStreet) –Russ Graney came on What’s wURKEN to discuss Aidin, the company he founded that leverages tech to try to make hospitals more efficient. The company helps connect patients and hospitals to post-acute facilities like nursing homes to ensure proper continued care and reduce hospital readmission rates. … Continue reading
Insurance Commissioner: Obamacare’s Latest Broken Promise Hurts Small Businesses
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A delay in the implementation of a key provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) means small businesses workers won’t have all the health insurance op… Continue reading
Hospitals Could ‘Grind To Halt’ In Shake-Up
Cuts in social care funding will have a “huge” knock-on effect on the national health service, experts warn. Continue reading
