Health Secrets Of The World's Oldest People
01.05.2012, 14:35:35
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Son Hit With Aging Parent's $93K Nursing Home Bill
21.05.2012, 23:33:19
30 states have filial responsibility laws that can throw the burden of support for an indigent family member onto their kids. See what happened to a son when his mother's nursing home sued him for the bill she incurred. |
Medicare Advantage Reform: Detaching Pay from Performance
22.05.2012, 14:43:21
Medicare Advantage (MA) is the ?private option? within Medicare. Private health insurers are paid a fixed monthly fee to provide at least the same minimum health benefits to their enrollees as ?traditional? fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, but they also have the ability to offer coordinated care, disease management, phone consultations, |
Putting the 'Insurance' Back in Health Insurance
22.05.2012, 20:07:18
We understand that it would make no sense to buy auto insurance after we?ve already crashed our car. We appreciate that it would be strange to buy homeowner?s insurance after our house has already burned down. And yet, when it comes to health coverage, many of us think that it makes perfect sense to wait until we?re sick to buy health insurance. If we really want to make health insurance affordable and accessible to everyone, we need to go back to basics, and understand all of the government-induced distortions that have made health insurance look nothing like actual insurance. |
Medicare's Payment System Harms Medical Innovation
23.05.2012, 00:17:36
Guest Post by Neil Minkoff, MD.* |
Mayan Doom or Time to Buy?
23.05.2012, 00:07:31
According to ancient Mayan prognosticators our world should be coming to an end sometime around Christmas. If you?re sitting in Greece or JP Morgan?s bond-lending group, the end might seem like it?s already here. And off the Peruvian coast, wildlife is literally dropping from the sky. With global stocks plummeting on any type of news, it?s beginning to feel like the Mayan meteor strike is right on schedule. From an investment standpoint it raises the obvious question: Is this the time to buy? |
Large Investor Is Putting More Pressure On Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman
22.05.2012, 21:27:21
Allscripts is settling in for a fight against one of its largest shareholders. HealthCor Management has sued the electronic health record company to launch a proxy fight, according to Reuters. Last month, the health care investment firm had filed a Notice of Exempt Solicitation with the SEC, asking that Allscripts? chief executive Glen Tullman resign. Tullman has refused. |
Studies Probe Effect Of CPAP And Sleep Apnea On Hypertension
22.05.2012, 20:03:55
Two studies published in JAMA provide additional but not surprising information about the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension, and the role of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). |
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