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Focus on Health Care Reform: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Research to compare the effectiveness of different medical treatments of the same conditions is on the upswing, due largely to significant increases in federal funding and the creation of a new public-private institute to steer those dollars.
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Focus on Health System Reform: Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals
One provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that takes effect at the end of this year is the restriction on physician ownership of hospitals in the Medicare program. The health reform law also places major limits on the expansion of existing physician-owned hospitals.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: National Health Care Workforce Commission
In an attempt to address the inevitable shortage of medical providers the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has called for the creation of a National Health Care Workforce Commission.
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Focus on Health System Reform: Expanding Role of Medicaid
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands state Medicaid eligibility to almost anyone under the age of 65 with income up to 133% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), which will have a big impact at the state level. Read on to see how state groups are responding.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: What is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI)?
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) is the new agency responsible for testing and evaluating new payment and service delivery models. This section of the Act provides a good overview of different concepts being considered for the future of health care delivery in this country.
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ACO Summit Set for Saturday at NCMS
A capacity crowd is expected at the ACO Summit being hosted by the North Carolina Medical Society on Saturday, August 7, 2010. More than 100 physicians are expected, making it one of the largest meetings ever held at the NCMS offices.
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Focus on Health System Reform: Independent Payment Advisory Board
Beginning in 2014, the federal government will be able to sidestep Congress and impose its own cost-containment policies for the Medicare program through the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Read on to learn more.
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Focus on Health System Reform: Health Benefit Exchanges, Part 2
Learn more about the types of insurance coverage that will be available in North Carolina’s Exchange.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: Health Benefit Exchanges, Part 1
The American Health Benefit Exchange is a major component of insurance reform contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The main purpose of the Exchange is to help individuals and small businesses purchase insurance coverage.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: New In-office Ancillary Services Disclosure Requirement
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act imposed new disclosure requirements on physicians who refer Medicare or Medicaid patients to in-office ancillary imaging services. The new requirement applies to services rendered on or after January 1, 2010. Click here to read more.
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