[ad_1] While organ shortages can be a life-threatening crisis, Kansas has taken steps to educate students on the importance of organ donation. And it’s working. Seventy-five percent of […]
Rep. Brad Wenstrup: Innovations save lives and long-term medical costs
[ad_1] Unfortunately, Washington has seized more medical power from patients and providers than ever, thanks to the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. If the prescription drug price controls in […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy: Poor coordination between Medicare and Medicaid
[ad_1] While dual-eligibles represent a small portion of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, they account for a disproportionately large share of overall spending. Medicare spends $275 billion per year […]
Rep. Larry Bucshon: Cutting down frequency of workplace violence
[ad_1] The toll of workplace violence on hospital employees can be immense. These episodes of violence interfere with the ability of our nation’s physicians, nurses and other healthcare […]
Providence, post-Hoag, plots $712 million California expansion
[ad_1] Providence will invest $712 million to expand inpatient and outpatient care in Southern California, the health system said Monday. Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo will add […]
Rep. Michael Burgess: Transition toward a value and quality system
[ad_1] A recent American Medical Association survey found that physicians and staff spent more than 16 hours each week on completing prior authorization requirements to get patients the […]
Rep. Suzan DelBene: Rewarding value instead of volume
[ad_1] A 2017 report from the Department of Health and Human Services showed that 98% of accountable care organizations, Medicare’s predominant value-based care model, met or exceeded quality […]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin: Cutting out-of-pocket costs
[ad_1] When I ran for the Senate in 2012, I highlighted how wrong it was that the secretary of Health and Human Services was prohibited from negotiating prescription […]
Sen. Chris Murphy: Mental health and gun violence crisis
[ad_1] When we talk about the gun violence epidemic, the focus is usually on the number of persons killed or injured. But this doesn’t come close to describing […]
Food may be best medicine to improve the nation’s health
[ad_1] It has been more than 50 years since the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health was held in 1969, which led to the establishment and […]
