Medicare & Medicaid
Correlative research finds that Medicare spent nearly $1,000 less per member in counties with a high well-being ranking.
Of that total, $451 million was spent on men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer graded with a Gleason score of 6, considered unworthy of aggressive treatment.
Proposed rule on removing such mandates as "re-approval" is expected to save healthcare facilities $1.12 billion per year.
Due to the current political climate in the U.S., the report's authors are concerned that the disparities will only continue to get worse.
Agency has issued blankets waivers to unburden providers, opened special enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries to get, change coverage.
That result surprised researchers, since the ACA's Medicaid expansion has increased access to surgical care overall.
Americans are dissatisfied with how both parties in Congress are handling the issue, with Democrats and Republicans faring almost equally poorly.
Agency says navigators are required to give consumers information on association and short-term insurance, as well as ACA qualified health plans.
ACO MSSP generated savings of $1.84 billion from 2013 to 2015, nearly double the $954 million estimated by CMS, according to NAACOS.
As patients turn to Facebook Google and Yelp to learn about hospitals, healthcare executives should understand the implications.