This Week's Healthcare Online News
Reuters
Doctor appointment availability varies by insurance type
Apr,07,2014
by+ANDREW M. SEAMAN
(Reuters Health) - People's chances of getting a new primary care doctor vary depending on their insurance, according to a new study. Researchers calling doctors' offices and claiming to be a patient with private insurance had about an 85 percent success rate for getting appointments. Their success rate was about 58 percent when they claimed to have Medicaid, the government insurance for the poor.
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HealthDataManagent
Patient Collections: How I.T. Helps Sort Out the Mess
Apr,08,2014
by:+Gary Baldwin
In the era of high-deductible plans, managing patient collections is sure to become one of the biggest revenue cycle challenges. Now, providers must do far more than establish insurance eligibility or qualify patients for charity care. Below, two providers describe their use of niche revenue cycle applications and how they plan to address these challenges.
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Med City News
A new idea for extending the reach of a care team: Hiring & training ‘grandparents’
Apr,08,2014
by:+Deanna Pogorelc
A colleague’s comment some 15 years ago sparked Dr. Tim Garson’s grand idea for a way to expand access to affordable healthcare while lowering costs to the system. “He came up to me and said, you know, 50 percent of my patients could be taken care of by a good grandmother,” recalled Garson, now the director of the Center for Health Policy at University of Virginia.
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HealthDataManagement
10 Top Drugs Now or Soon With Generic Equivalents
Apr,09,2014
by:+Staff
Overall spending on traditional prescription drugs -- mostly pills used to treat common conditions such as high cholesterol and depression -- will decline 4% by the end of 2015, largely because of the availability of generic medications, according Express Scripts. Here are 10 of the top brand-name drugs that had generic equivalents become available in 2013 or are expected to have generics available this year, courtesy of Express Scripts.
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