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| Editorial Archives
July/August 2007 • Volume 2, Number 4
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| Just Walk In—Convenient Care Has Arrived (PDF, 190 KB, 8 pages) |
| The convenient care industry responds to consumers' desires for just-in-time health care by providing improved access to basic preventitve health services. |
| Jennifer Maybin • p. 14 |
| Medicare's Quagmire (PDF, 137 KB, 3 pages) |
| Medicare's move toward value-based purchasing, aimed at guaranteeing quality patient care through incentives to providers, faces painful budgetary restraints and the need to properly align progrma goals. |
| p. 22 |
| Primer on Medicare Preventive Services (PDF, 161 KB, 5 pages) |
| Since its first offerings in 1981, Medicare has come a long way in covering preventative services. This primer details the latest coverage and the billing codes to use. |
| Todd H. Goldberg, MD, CMD, FACP • p. 25 |
| Medicare and Administrative Burden (PDF, 113 KB, 2 pages) |
| CMS' Dr. Rogers invites all physicians to participate in the Practicing Physician Advisory Council (PPAC), the Open Door Forum, and the Physicians Regulatory Issues Team (PRIT) to help reduce Medicare's administrative burden. |
| William D. Rogers, MD, FACEP • p. 30 |
| Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes (PDF, 176 KB, 5 pages) |
| This coalition-based campaign to improve the quality of care and life in America's nursing homes invites participation by facilities and consumers to reach 8 clinical and organizational quality goals. |
| Andrew Miller, MD, MPH, and Lisa M. Roche, MPH, PhD • p. 32 |
| Opposing Views (PDF, # KB, 1 page) |
| AARP and PhRMA clash on Medicare's negotiation of drug prices. |
| p. 37 |
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