Research/Policy Issues
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Health Policy Digest - October 21, 2008
October 21, 2008
By discouraging inappropriate medical procedures, evidence-based reimbursement strategies could save billions of dollars annually while simultaneously improving the overall quality of care, say cardiologists George Diamond and Sanjay Kaul...
FORBES
DEATH RATE 70 PERCENT LOWER AT TOP U.S. HOSPITALS
If all U.S. hospitals performed at the level of top-rated five-star hospitals, 237,420 Medicare patient deaths could potentially have been prevented from 2005 to 2007, according to study...
HEALTHGRADES/MSN.COM
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS' LAST CHANCE?
Consumer power has gained some ground during the Bush administration; now voters have a decision to make -- whether to extend that progress or roll it back, say observers...
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
AS HOME IVs GROW, MEDICARE PATIENTS MISS OUT
Administering medications at home generally costs $150 to $200 a day, compared to $1,500 to $2,000 a day at a hospital...
WALL STREET JOURNAL
WHO WILL PAY FOR BARACK OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN?
The cost of Barack Obama's health care plan will be almost completely borne by workers in the form of lower wages, say experts...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/AMERICAN SPECTATOR
OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN: MORE POWER TO WASHINGTON
Barack Obama insists that his health care proposal will save American families $2,500, but the costs are truly unknown, say observers...
HERITAGE FOUNDATION