What factors go into the costs of healthcare? Fraud, waste, inefficiencies, limited number of primary care physicians, the rising costs associated with baby boomers, increased cases of chronic illness..... the list goes on and on. Enjoy this infographic.
With 2014 rapidly approaching and the most significant year in terms of Healthcare Reform, many provisions/mandates have been delayed. Is Healthcare Reform just a way of pitting Democrats and Republicans against one another?
Healthcare costs are continuing to rise. Medicaid continues to expand. What is the best way to regulate medicaid drug costsprescription drug costs for the Medicaid community?
The PPACA has a provision which requires Congress to receive insurance coverage through the new exchanges. However, there aren’t any provisions as to how the premiums will be paid. Congress is scurrying to resolve.
So you know the major reasons why hospitals are losing money?
We are encroaching upon brinkmanship as of September 2013. Opposing political sides are at a crossroad as to how to handle the debt ceiling and how it should be raised – with or without additional spending cuts.
From the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to state wide reform initiatives, the pressure is on for healthcare providers to offer maximum quality healthcare to increasing patient populations at a more affordable rate. Couple this with pressure to integrate healthcare, increase communication, ensure privacy, and reduce risk and you have a pressure cooker of factors that are driving Healthcare providers to find fast, sustainable solutions. One of those solutions is the application of predictive modeling.
Obesity can lead to chronic diseases such as Heart Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension, Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis, and Hypertension. Chronic diseases are a contributing factor to rising readmission rates which in turn are contributing to the rising costs of healthcare. What can we do as a nation to help reduce the prevalence of obesity?
January 1, 2014 is rapidly approaching and this date is the effective date for many major provisions of the ACA. What is the status of these issues? Where do we stand as a country?
The following infographic depicts the differences between per capita expenditure, government versus private expenditure, and private expenditures paid out of pocket versus covered by private insurance/plans among 50 countries. What do you think of the US rankings?
