AARP Finds Toll On Family Caregivers Is ‘Huge’
A new study by the AARP estimates that for the more than 40 million Americans caring for an elderly or disabled loved one, the value of their work is $450 billion a year.
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Opinion Column
It’s Not Just The Money: Cost Control In Cancer Care (Guest Opinion)
Health reform raises deep questions about the size and scope of government, about progressive taxation, about the individual mandate and more. It's easy to forget that cost control will be a huge challenge, no matter how these ideological matters are resolved. Finding the right combination of humanity and restraint will be particularly hard in addressing life-threatening or life-ending illness.
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NY Health and Hospital Corp.’s President Welcomes The Health Law’s Promise, But Sees ‘A Very Clear Downside’ For Public Hospitals — The KHN Interview
Alan D. Aviles, the longest serving president of the nation's largest municipal health system, discusses his efforts to stabilize HHC's finances in the face of dramatic budgetary challenges -- including the health law's reduction in special funding for safety net hospitals and state efforts to reduce Medicaid costs.
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A New Health Care? Many Doctors Skeptical of New Technology
Video: Like many physicians across the country, Cleveland doctor Conrad Lindes is worried about one of the government's latest overhauls to the medical system: digitizing health care. He believes the government is forcing doctors to make a change to electronic medical records before they -- and the technology -- are ready.
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Doctors In Small Practices Slow To Dump Paper Records
Despite carrots and sticks from the federal government, some physicians are leery about moving to electronic health records.
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Opinion Column
Why It’s Okay That EHR Adoption Will Fall Behind 2011 Goals (Guest Opinion)
Federal officials had hoped a multitude of doctors and hospitals would adopt electronic health records in 2011. But, in reality, the number of physicians using EHRs won't likely move beyond the current 20 percent to 25 percent rate. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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A Dozen States Slice Medicaid Payments To Doctors, Hospitals
Some experts fear that the cuts could lead to rise in number of doctors who refuse to take Medicaid patients.
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Opinion Column
Letter To The Editor: Hospices Are Serving A Critical Need
This letter was written in response to Jordan Rau's story, Concerns About Costs Rise With Hopices' Use, which was published by Kaiser Health News and the New York Times on June 27.
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Managed Care Enters The Exam Room As Insurers Buy Doctor Groups
Large health insurers are trying to curb rising costs by gaining control over those who provide care: doctors.
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New Rules Provide Relief For Sleep-Deprived Medical Residents
New rules limiting the shifts first-year medical residents can work in hospitals take effect today, but they won't end the debate over the pros and cons of 24-hour workdays.
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The Most Commonsensical And Hopeless Reform Idea Ever (Guest Opinion)
Two experts want to change hospital care in a way that may well rank as both the most commonsensical and most hopeless health reform proposal ever.
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Mistakes In Outpatient Care Raising Concerns
Although safety measures are often directed at hospitals, experts say physicians' offices and urgent care centers should get more scrutiny since the bulk of medical care is delivered there.
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Growing Hospice Care Costs Bring Concerns About Misuse
Although the benefit is intended for patients who have no more than six months to live, 19 percent now receive hospice services for longer.
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Effort To End Surgeries On Wrong Patient Or Body Part Falters
Experts thought simple steps, such as marking the surgical site and taking a timeout to confirm the details, would end the problem. But it turns out to be more complicated to change the culture of hospitals and doctors.
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Opinion Column
Low-Income Families’ Rx For Health Reform (Guest Opinion)
For health reform to truly take root, we should take our cue from the millions of low-income Californians who have the most at stake
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‘Double’ Chest Scans Increase Costs And Exposure To Radiation
Many hospitals are performing unusually large numbers of a type of CT scan experts say should be done sparingly.
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Enthusiasm Rises Among Med Students For Primary Care-The KHN Interview
Dr. Andy Bindman says educators at the University of California, San Francisco, are seeing a "pretty significant uptick" in applicants for primary care residencies.
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Panel Urges Crackdown On Medicare’s Use Of Imaging
Congressional advisory group recommends that doctors who order a lot of MRIs, CT scans and other such procedures be forced to get prior approval.
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Out-Of-Network Ambulance Rides Can Bring Out-Of-Pocket Expenses
Consumers, who often don't have a choice of ambulance services, can be left holding the bill when insurers refuse to pay entire cost.
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Consumers May Be Unaware Of Their Right To A Review Of Health Plan Decisions
Millions of Americans gained the right under the federal health law to appeal insurance denials to an independent arbiter but many may not know they have that option.
By Susan Jaffe