Inherited genes do not make treatment more difficult, researchers discover
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Official: Thousands of dying patients suffering ‘needlessly’
Watchdog criticises end-of-life care failings
Survival rates in trauma patients after Massachusetts health insurance reform
A study of survival rates in trauma patients following health insurance reform in Massachusetts found a passing increase in adjusted mortality rates, an unexpected finding suggesting that simply…
Healthcare spending for privately insured children with diabetes rises sharply, 2011-2013
Spending for all privately insured people with diabetes rose 4 percent in 2013; was nearly $10,700 higher than for those without diabetesPer capita health care spending for children with diabetes…
Analysis compares California exchange, commercial health insurance hospital networks
The suspicion that the federal Affordable Care Act reduces options for patients to choose their health care providers proves to be true, according to a new study co-authored by David Weimer, a…
16.9 million Americans gained health coverage under Affordable Care Act, study finds
Insurance coverage has increased across all types of insurance since the major provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act took effect, with a total of 16.
Out-of-Network, Out of Luck? A Growing Body of Caselaw Addressing…
It’s become a common scenario for medical providers: a provider treats a patient covered by employer-provided health insurance for which the provider is out-of-network, receives an assignment of benefits from the patient and is reimbursed by the benefits plan administrator at a rate much lower than the amount charged, if at all. The provider then embarks upon the often Sisyphean journey of navigating the plan’s lengthy and nebulous appeals process.
Connecting uninsured patients to primary care could reduce emergency department use
An intervention to connect low-income uninsured and Medicaid patients to a reliable source of primary health care shows promise for reducing avoidable use of hospital emergency departments in…