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Add Your Knowledge Contributions by peter anyakora, MD., Sc.M on MedPage Today
www.medpagetoday.com - 8/15/10
does not mean "equal access". 2010 Healthcare Reform has provisions for freedom to health care through the Exchange ... Future laws needs to address providers' payment tort reform Private Health Insurance costs and Senior Citizens' prescription drug benefits. The Healthcare Reform Law covers about 80% of what we need reformed. Other 20% needs to be addressed by future congress. ...
Add Your Knowledge Contributions by m t cicero on MedPage Today
www.medpagetoday.com - 8/26/10
House Passes Historic Healthcare Reform - Mar 22 2010 This has never been about health care per se. Health care ... paragraph: "But whatever steps we pursue medical liability reform must be just one part of broader health insurance reform -- reform that offers more security and stability to Americans who have insurance offers insurance to Americans who lack coverage ...
Add Your Knowledge Contributions by SDRInc, md on MedPage Today
www.medpagetoday.com - 8/25/10
Reform - Aug 26 2010 i am for the health care reform as an avenue to amendments...not happening...good ... Lundberg suggested opinion....forced STARVATION stop eating because there is no food available. Is Individual Mandate Key to Health Reform? - Aug 06 2010 Its back to status quo. ...


Health Care Reform
 
What Does It Mean For You?

The smoke has settled, the votes are in, and health reform is real. We’ve all heard about the supposed benefits and drawbacks of the reform package, which includes new rules on coverage for insurers, a mandate that almost every uninsured American citizen get coverage, new taxes, and cuts in Medicare. While others debate whether reform will lead to a healthier and fairer America, or to its ruin, we know you’re concerned about how the new landscape will affect you and your practice.

 

The short answer: It won’t affect you much in the short-term but could impact you considerably down the road. Click through the timeline to review what happens when.

 

 
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Featured Content

A Lawmaker and a Physician
Physicians Practice

Congressman Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas who was an OB/GYN before being elected to Congress, discusses healthcare reform and his unique perspective as a lawmaker and a physician.

Preparing for Reform's New Patients
Physicians Practice

Learn the steps you should be taking now to get your practice ready for an influx of newly insured Americans.

Health Care Reform Resource Center
Drug Benefit Trends

Are you a managed care decision maker? Get the latest updates, including news, podcasts, and features.

Health Policy Questions That Matter to PCPs
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David B. Nash, MD, MBA, the Dr Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy and founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, provides an expert’s perspective on 2 issues in the current health care debate that are of particular concern to PCPs.
 
MORE ON HEALTH CARE
August 2, 2010
Whither Goes Evidence-Based Medicine?
Discussions that focus on health care costs have created a specialized vocabulary, such as comparative effectiveness research. The concept undergirding this field may be defined as “the conduct and synthesis of research comparing the benefits and harms of different interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions in ‘real world’ settings.” More »
July 30, 2010
Healthcare reform, unveiled, finally
Four months after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it,” a congressional panel has released the first chart illustrating the 2,801 page health care law President Obama signed into law in March. Check out the video… More »
July 23, 2010
EMRs are the future: What is "Meaningful Use"?
Most busy oncologists will never have time or patience to sift through the 864-page final rule CMS released Tuesday describing how health care providers can demonstrate "meaningful use" of electronic health records to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the 2009 federal stimulus package. More »
June 29, 2010
Perspectives on Health Care Reform: What’s to Be Done About Cost Containment?
In the December 14, 2009, issue of The New Yorker magazine, Atul Gawande observed, “Cost is the specter haunting health care reform.” The idea (or better, mantra?) of cost as central to health care’s reform is not new but is surely a topic that demands this generation’s consideration. Most of the economic debate has been general, looking at national “bottom lines” rather than focusing on the “dollars and cents” of individual diseases. Let’s take a sobering look at rising costs in the context of... More »
June 7, 2010
Health Care Reform and the Role of Managed Care Pharmacists
Managed care pharmacists will play a key role in reforming the current health care system by continuing to develop innovative programs that reduce costs and improve quality of care, said Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He discussed the effects of the recent health care reform legislation in a presentation at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy meeting. More »
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PRIMARY CARE MATTERS BLOG

End of Life: A Primary Care "Road Less Traveled"
August 20, 2010

In many instances, our patients receive invasive and aggressive subspecialty care at or near the end of life. Such care can become burdensome and painful without a favorable outcome. As advocates for our patients, we must ensure that their pain, shortness of breath, and other bothersome symptoms are alleviated, thus leading to a “good death.”

Whither Goes Evidence-Based Medicine?
July 19, 2010

Avoidance of guidelines because they are “cookbook” is no longer an adequate excuse—especially when we are doing things incorrectly and expensively, while adding to potential complications.

Is Diabetes Control Like Goldilocks’ Porridge: What A1c Is Just Right?
June 17, 2010

This generation’s diabetic control is preceded by the ever-present adjective “intensive.” Although a lower A1c seems to be a rational, and in many instances a proven target for type 2 diabetes with its constellation of micro- and macrovascular complications, are there downsides when prescribing exactly how low one’s A1c should go?

Perspectives on Healthcare Reform: What’s to be Done About Cost Containment?
June 2, 2010

In the December 14, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine, Atul Gawande observed, “Cost is the specter haunting healthcare reform.”

 
Medline
Health care reform and chronic diseases: anticipating the health consequences.
pubmed.com - 8/24/10
title: Health care reform and chronic diseases: anticipating the health consequences. ...
20736475 2010 08 25 2010 08 27 ...
Patient flow takes on new importance with health care reform.
pubmed.com - 6/30/10
title: Patient flow takes on new importance with health care reform. ...
Complementary and alternative medicine: the other healthcare reform.
pubmed.com - 6/30/10
title: Complementary and alternative medicine: the other healthcare reform. ...
 
New England Journal of Medicine
Moving Mental Health into the Disaster-Preparedness Spotlight | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org - 8/11/10
Although there is consensus that early behavioral health interventions should be routinely incorporated into disaster response there is mixed evidence on which strategies are most effective and how best to deploy them.3 Furthermore best practices for surveillance for mental health problems and substance abuse during disasters remain largely undeveloped. Lessons from previous incidents suggest that preparation for and response to communities’ mental and psychosocial needs after a disaster require awareness of the expected ...
Private-Party Gun Sales, Regulation, and Public Safety | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org - 8/4/10
Article Types Perspective Research Health Policy Report Health Law Ethics and Human Rights ... Topics Implementation Cost of Health Care Medicare and Medicaid Insurance Coverage Health Care Delivery Reform Politics of Health Care Reform Health Information Technology Drugs Devices and the FDA Comparative Effectiveness Archives ...
Bracing for the Impact of Expanded Second Amendment Rights | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org - 8/4/10
those laws as violations of the Second Amendment. The lawsuit began ... Topics Implementation Cost of Health Care Medicare and Medicaid Insurance Coverage Health Care Delivery Reform Politics of Health Care Reform Health Information Technology Drugs Devices and the FDA Comparative Effectiveness Archives ...



 
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Health System Reform Bulletin
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Health reform implementation timeline
Kaiser Family Foundation

Side-by-side comparison of major health care reform proposals
Kaiser Family Foundation

For Your Patients

Health care: What you could see
A timeline of changes over the next decade
USA Today

Health reform subsidy calculator: coverage in exchanges/gateways
For persons under age 65 who purchase coverage on their own and are not covered through their employer, Medicare or Medicaid
Kaiser Family Foundation
 
Resources

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How health reform imacts your practice
What provisions may have an immediate impact on your practice, and what to expect in the future
AMA

Summary of final health reform law
Kaiser Family Foundation

Video: AMA President Dr James Rohack on health care bill's passing and impact
Fox Business

Frequently asked questions about health care reform legislation
AMA

 

For Your Patients

How health system reform affects patients
An overview of what's happening this year and over the next several years.
AMA