All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Healthcare Services

Delf Referal Lack of continuity of care However, Cheaper and Faster, more easlit accessible. It takes one big mistake to shut them down. Diagnosis is not that simple. After all not all Flu like symptoms are Flu!!!!!

The article is a welcoming news for patients to get high quality hospital care and precision in treatment, especially when the new regulation will come into force in October, 2008. Increasing hospital acquired infection and a leading cause of death in the United States has been addressed in...

The new Medicare regulations are not based in science as there is no proven clear cut medical way to eliminate the incidence of these "so-called" medical errors. It would be a dream to believe that some intervention today can eliminate the occurrence of infections in hospitals or patient falls. ...

1.  Lowering payments to hospitals will only decrease access for Medicare recipients. 2.  This effort is not about improving the quality of care its more about paying less for the services medicine provides.

Pay for Performance (or P4P) has consumed a lot of press and conference/seminar time during the past few years.  Just last week it received a lot of positive and negative publicity when the Medicare Program released a final rule stating that it would no longer pay hospitals for the extra costs...

Large pharmacy chains are establishing clinics staffed by physicians or physician surrogates. IF medications are ordered the pharmacy hopes it will be filled on site.

1. Money is the most powerful lever that drives provider behavior 2. To effect the changes outlined in the Quality Chasm report of Institute of Medicine, relying on provider altruism has been a non-starter 3. Not paying for bad performance should not be cast as a conspiracy to reduce physician...

Managed Medicaid is not a new concept. Over the last two decades, many states have implemented Managed Medicaid programs under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 1115b Waiver program. The waiver program allowed states to implement Managed Medicaid programs as demonstration projects. Medicaid...

1)  Payment reductions for medical errors will not change provider behavior. 2)  Reduced payments to providers could accelerate medical errors.    

Managed care can have a positive impact in the Medicaid market if done correctly.  There needs to be strong oversight in the development process and once operational to ensure that services are delivered. Other States have been doing this for years with varying degrees of success. There are some...