Articles by Topic - Health Policy
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- Article: Research Overhaul: Changes to cancer research organizations on the horizon, expert says
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Feb 07, 2011
- The system of clinical cancer research, including that of head and neck cancer, is in need of an overhaul, but steps are being taken that might lead to more efficient work and will hopefully mean more medical breakthroughs, said David Schuller, MD, the chair in cancer research at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting, held here on Jan. 27.
- Article: A Glass Half Full: Triological Society president draws attention to the benefits of U.S. health care
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Feb 07, 2011
- The debate over soaring health care costs fails to properly acknowledge the benefits that have stemmed from improved medical technology and expanded medical knowledge, said Triological Society President Gerald Berke, MD, in an address at the society’s Combined Sections Meeting, held here on Jan. 27.
- Health Policy: Physician Groups Set 2011 Agenda: Medicare payment reform tops the list
- Geri Aston
- Published: Jan 10, 2011
- Physician groups representing otolaryngologists have ambitious 2011 policy and legislative agendas that include pushing for replacement of the Medicare physician payment formula and helping to shape health reform’s implementation.
- Health Policy: Experimental Tort Reform: States take different approaches to implement change
- Geri Aston
- Published: Dec 01, 2010
- The health care reform law passed in March created a $50 million demonstration program to test alternatives to the current medical liability system. But reaction is mixed as to whether the new project will help fix what the physician and medical liability insurance communities view as a flawed and inefficient system.
- Health Policy: The Medical Home Gains Momentum: Could a team-based model work for otolaryngology?
- Geri Aston
- Published: Nov 01, 2010
- The patient-centered medical home’s star appears to be rising. Thirty-eight states are testing this model of care in some way, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy. The federal health system reform law, passed this spring, includes several provisions encouraging the concept.
- Article: Room for Improvement: Pediatric ambulatory centers could benefit from guidelines, panelists say
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Oct 08, 2010
- Pediatric ambulatory surgery centers are fast-paced, high-volume places with many of the ingredients that can contribute to safety concerns, a patient safety expert from Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) said at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), held here Sept. 26-29.
- Health Policy: Payment Limbo: Medical societies take on SGR reform
- Geri Aston
- Published: Sep 03, 2010
- In June, Congress gave physicians relief from the scheduled 21 percent Medicare pay cut, but only until the end of November. The payment patch, which briefly increases reimbursement by 2.2 percent, leaves doctors in limbo.
- Health Policy: Medicare Battle Heats Up: Geographic Disparities spark look into spending variation
- Bryn Nelson
- Published: Aug 09, 2010
- In the wake of this year’s landmark health care reform legislation, one of the most hotly debated topics comes courtesy of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, as politicians, analysts, researchers and physicians grapple over how to resolve the contentious issue of geographical disparities in health care spending.
- Article: Health Reform Perks: Employer tax credits could benefit your practice
- Geri Aston
- Published: Jul 02, 2010
- By now, you’re probably well versed in the clinical aspects of the health reform bill signed by President Obama in March. But what you may not know is that the bill includes a section that could benefit otolaryngologists and other physicians in their role as employers.
- Article: Harvard Economist Offers Health Reform Solution: Says change must focus on cost containment
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Jun 09, 2010
- Dr. Roberts used numbers to illustrate his point during a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, part of the Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings held here April 28-May 2.
