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Physicians support reform with public and private insurance options

 Chelsey Ledue September 15, 2009
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that 63 percent of physicians surveyed support a health reform proposal that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance.
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Transitional Care: A Way to Save $18 Billion - and Improve Health Outcomes

 Diana Mason August 11, 2009
As the nation focuses on how to cut the cost of so-called health care reform, maybe it’s time to pay attention to demonstrated methods for improving care while reducing costs that are not yet supported by Medicare and other payers.
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Middle-class incomes to be hit hard by post-recession healthcare spending

 Chelsey Ledue August 03, 2009
In a post-recession America, even though overall income levels may rise, middle class families still won't be shielded from the crushing burden of healthcare costs, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Study: Docs could lead healthcare reform

 Chelsey Ledue July 06, 2009
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, physicians should play a leading role in achieving healthcare reform by helping achieve a guaranteed 1.5 percent annual savings in healthcare costs that would pay for covering all Americans.
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Comparative Effectiveness through the Policy Lens

 Glenna Crooks July 02, 2009
I don’t think we in health policy really understand how complex our systems are and what manner of challenges – some of which we created – present themselves in clinical care.
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Hospice of Michigan CEO available for comment on NEJM article

Industry News Release June 25, 2009
Hospice of Michigan, the state's largest hospice and one of the largest non-profit hospices in the nation, will have spokespersons available to comment on the New England Journal of Medicine's article on profits in the hospice industry published in the June 25 issue.
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Health, life insurers still hold large stock in tobacco companies

 Chelsey Ledue June 03, 2009
U.S., Canadian, and U.K.-based insurance firms hold at least $4.4 billion of investments in companies whose subsidiaries manufacture cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and related products, according to a new article on insurance company holdings, published in the June 4th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Physicians can lead healthcare reform through payment and delivery system reforms

 Chelsey Ledue May 22, 2009
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, physicians should play a leading role in achieving healthcare reform by helping achieve a guaranteed 1.5 percent annual savings in healthcare costs that would pay for covering all Americans.
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One in five hospitalized Medicare patients readmitted within 30 days

 Chelsey Ledue April 02, 2009
One of five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days, and half of non-surgical patients are readmitted to the hospital without having seen an outpatient doctor in follow-up, according to a new study.
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Controlling variations in spending critical to healthcare reform

 Richard Pizzi February 26, 2009
Huge inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system are harming the nation's ability to expand access to care, according to a new analysis of Medicare spending by researchers of the Dartmouth Atlas Project in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Hospitals News Briefs

 Healthcare Finance News Staff January 08, 2008
Hospitalists reduce stays, have little impact on cost A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that patients treated by hospitalists had slightly shorter le...
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Study of physician Medicare treatment trends finds P4P might not be viable

 Diana Manos March 14, 2007
The assumption that Medicare costs are being contained because one physician mainly manages a patient's care has been shattered by a study released Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The...
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