Search results for "Health spending"
Slow growth in health spending continues in 2013, CMS reports
Health spending in 2013 continued to grow slowly, at 3.6%, compared with 4.1% in 2012, according to a report issued last week by the Office of the Actuary (OACT) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Total national health expenditures in the United States were $2.9 trillion, or $9,255 per person.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2014
No easy ‘off switch’ for low back pain
There's no easy way to cure low back pain, but recommending a mix of therapies along with a dose of reassurance can often provide patients a measure of relief.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/11/no-easy-off-switch-for-low-back-pain.htm
1 Nov 2022
Frail elderly account for majority of potentially preventable Medicare spending
Among the many steps needed to provide high-value care for every high-need, high-cost older adult are a faster shift toward value-based health care; new data collection, analysis, and treatment planning; and new models for payment and patient assignment, an editorial stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/17/4.htm
17 Oct 2017
Better health care starts with primary care
Putting primary and comprehensive care at the front and center of the U.S. health care system would reduce costs while improving outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/better-health-care-starts-with-primary-care.htm
1 Feb 2021
New reports signal health care costs for this decade
MKSAP Quiz: multiple sclerosis
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/2.htm
14 Sep 2010
Debt deal could hurt programs crucial to internal medicine
Politicians often choose to wait until the absolute last minute to strike a deal on difficult decisions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2011
Letters to the Editor
ACP members take the organization to task for its positions on modifying reimbursement to doctors, and the organization's legislative leader offers a wider viewpoint on the issue in response.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/letters.htm
1 Sep 2012
Political perils of cost control complicate health care reform
Even if health reform passes, the problem of rising costs will not go away. And politicians cannot confront the fundamental issue that Americans can't have all the health care they want.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2010
Leadership Day lets internists influence events
Internists descended on Capitol Hill in June to let the legislators know about the importance of funding public health and breaking the gridlock on issues such as malpractice reform.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/07/leadership.htm
1 Jul 2012
‘Preventive’ measures don't translate properly to the public
Prevention is an important tool, but it must be placed in the context of evidence and value. The cost of ignoring that is false reassurance and the politicization of medical care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/presidents.htm
1 Mar 2010