Tag: Insurance: Medicare
Generic Substitutes, Therapeutic Interchange Can Save Money
Considerable savings estimated with use of generic substitutes for brand-name combo medications
Peer Comparisons Can Decrease Risky Prescribing Patterns
Meaningful, persistent drop in quetiapine prescribing seen, with no negative patient effects
Bundling Doesn’t Cut Medicare Payments for Medical Conditions
No changes in clinical complexity, length of stay, emergency visits, readmission, or mortality
Groups Urge CMS to Reconsider Suspending Risk Adjustment
Twenty-eight medical organizations, including AMA, sent letter to Administrator Verma of CMS
Mammography Use Tied to Other Preventive Tests in Older Women
False-positive screening not tied to differences in receipt of other preventive services
Decline in Medicare Patients Who Die in Acute Care Hospitals
2000 to 2015 also saw increase in ICU use in last month of life, deaths in home or community setting
Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Improves Care Delivery
Reduction in Medicare spending associated with CPC was not enough to cover care management fees
Condition Readmission Measures Don’t Reflect Overall Quality
Differ from non-Medicare patients with same conditions, Medicare patients with unreported ones
Higher Myocardial Infarction Care Payments Improve Mortality
Findings based on Medicare 30-day payments for both inpatient care and after discharge
Screening Mammography Up After Cost Sharing Eliminated
Effect attenuated in women living in areas with lower educational levels; negligible for Hispanic women
