A 21% cut in Medicare reimbursement will go into effect March 1, after the Senate failed to pass a bill to stop the cuts.
But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a guidance just hours after the Senate adjourned for the weekend that buys doctors some more time.
“We believe Congress [...]

The following was released by Mayo Clinic this week.
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Today, we are announcing the results of a new Mayo Clinic economic impact study, which was conducted by the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, an independent nonprofit research and development organization. We have done site-based studies before, but this is the first enterprise-wide look at our impact. [...]

Riley, M.
http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk

Consider the costs associated with the American healthcare system, the contentions associated with managed care implementation, and the continued problems associated with macro and microallocation within this system. What ethics do you believe should guide continuing change in the American health care delivery system?
According to the US Census Bureau (2009), Americans will spend [...]

The healthcare information technology report forecasts the
size of global healthcare information technology market over the
period 2009 – 2014. The report analyses the key trends of the
market, and segments the global healthcare information technology
market by components and into various geographic regions (with the
market size of each of these regions). Further, it discusses the key
market drivers, restraints [...]

Riley, M.
http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk
Introduction & Background
One of the chief concerns in the debate over healthcare reform is the universal need to contain healthcare costs while still providing reasonable healthcare services to the millions of uninsured. As technology advances, tests and treatments are newly available; however, there are only minimal cost controls in place for dictating when and [...]

Riley, M.
http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk

One of the most important social and political topics of the current environment is healthcare. Skyrocketing costs as well as an aging baby boomer population have driven concerns, especially within the socioeconomic recession. In order to control costs, the federal and state governments have passed legislation, rules and regulations to aid [...]

Methodist Hospital of Arcadia, California, has launched an integrated deployment of innovative health care information technology (HIT) solutions designed to help improve the quality of patient care and deliver operational efficiencies. MedPlus®, the health care information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, provided the integrated solution to help Methodist reduce the length of stay associated [...]