Yale New Haven launches hospital-at-home program
“Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System has launched a hospital-at-home program to provide acute care [MORE]
Telemedicine consultation
Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid changed the 2019 “Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program [MORE]
Comparison of Traditional and Micra Transcatheter Pacing System
We have followed the technical development of the leadless pacemaker over several years, [MORE]
Telehealth
Beginning this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will support telemedicine coverage for remote chronic care management, annual wellness [MORE]
Just before the 112th Congress shut down last December, California Congressman Mike Thompson introduced HR 6719—the Telehealth Promotion Act—which [MORE]
It was an interesting contrast, between the UK celebrating its National Health Insurance in the opening ceremonies of the [MORE]
Hospital at Home
Neither Medicare nor most private insurers support hospital-at-home programs at present, but evidence in favor of [MORE]
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has reported that 1% of healthcare consumers account for 22% of the [MORE]
Healthcare spending in the US now stands at 5.6% of total GDP; the Congressional Budget Office forecasts that rising to [MORE]
Dr. Richard Gilfillan
Tagline reported earlier this year about CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation grant program, but here [MORE]
If anything might be described as “deliciously intergovernmental,” the legal doctrine of “medical necessity” is a prime example. State [MORE]
Even before the 2010 healthcare reform law, physicians were opting out of Medicare-i.e. refusing to take any new patients [MORE]
PL 111-148-the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010-begins the most significant revamping of healthcare since [MORE]
One issue in controlling healthcare spending under Medicare is the regional variation that exists. The Dartmouth Institute for Health [MORE]