Sep 19, 2018 | Drugs, Medicare Advantage, MedPAC, Part D, Payers
Medicare Part D is a voluntary prescription drug benefit for individuals on Medicare. This brief summarizes recent spending projections and state enrollment trends, as well as policy developments. Click to read more.
Sep 17, 2018 | MedPAC, Physician Fee Schedule
This month, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) held one of its regularly scheduled meetings. Among the highlights was MedPAC’s continued analysis of physician payment reforms. This brief highlights this discussion and includes a list of other topics discussed at the September meeting. Click to read more.
Sep 14, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
1. 29: That’s the number out of every 1,000 children age 8 that have autism in the state of New Jersey according to a study found conducted by the CDC. New Jersey is the state with the highest rate and Arkansas is the lowest with 13. Rates increased to 1 out of every 59 8-year-olds with autism according to the same study conducted in public schools, health care facilities and special education programs. The 11 states that have shown increases are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. To read more about autism...
Sep 7, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
1. 84: Percent of primary care providers in our poll of 406 PCPs, OBGYNs, physician assistants and nurse practitioners under the age of 35 who say the number one condition they see in patients today….stress. 2. Physicians Finishing 2nd: In youth sports, all the kids get trophies and cupcakes, even kids like mine who score for the other team sometimes or little Bobby who spends the entire game offsides yet celebrates as though he’s Pele or Messi after every goal. In healthcare, breaking the rules and then celebrating them is a problem but giving one over to the other team (like discharging a...
