BACK of the BOOK
Heard in the Blogosphere
ASH
@ASH_hematology
Medicare finally paying for
chronic care management - is
$42 enough to manage blood
disease for a month?
Edward J.
Schloss MD
@EJSMD
Medicaid charge/
reimbursement
mismatch shared by
@drval. That’s $57 paid
on a $3700 bill.
“Join me and make a new resolution:
My medical routine won’t include
an annual exam. That will free up
countless hours of doctors’ time
for patients who really do have a
medical problem, helping to ensure
there is no doctor shortage as more
Americans get health insurance.”
—Ezekiel J. Emmanuel, MD, PhD,
in The New York Times
Be The Match
@BeTheMatch
Thanks to all who attended the Congressional briefing about
#BeTheMatch & the Caucus to Cure Blood Cancers today!
“It’s a swear jar, but it’s
also a simple form of
accountability. We
should make it easier
for the biggest drug
companies to help
develop the next
generation of cures
– and harder for
them to profit from
breaking the law and
defrauding taxpayers.”
Atul Gawande
@Atul_Gawande
Surprising news: 20% of Medicare payments now under
alternative, non-fee-for-service payment models! Was ~0%
in 2011.
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—Senator Elizabeth Warren, in The Wall Street Journal, describing the Medical
Innovation Act, which would require law-breaking drug makers to pay
1 percent of their annual profits to NIH research
February 2015