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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Spending on health care consumed an estimated 17 cents of every dollar spent last year in the United States, representing the largest one-year increase since the federal government started tracking the number in 1960.
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Health Care’s ‘Radical Improver’
Friday, December 18th, 2009Jonathan Bush, chairman and CEO of Athenahealth, a major player in information technology services for physicians, spoke to the Wall Street Journal about electronic medical records, the health plan and “Project Mayhem.”
Legislative Action Alert – Cosmetic Surgery Tax
Sunday, December 13th, 2009WASCA urges its members to take prompt action to thwart a provision in the health reform legislation currently under debate in the United States Senate which would adversely affect ASCs and many patients treated in them. This type of selective taxation of health care services establishes a bad precedent, opening the door for like proposals…
Baucus’ Plan To Lower Health Care Costs
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The following is a press release sent Sept. 16 from the Senate Finance Committee.
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced the America’s Health Future Act, landmark health care reform legislation to lower costs and provide quality, affordable health care coverage. The Chairman’s Mark will make it easier for…
Senate Finance Committee Passage of Health Reform Proposal
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The Senate Finance Committee has approved the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 October 13, 2009, by a vote of 14 to 9, with Sen. Snowe (R-ME) joining Committee Democrats in supporting passage of the measure.
Sen. Snowe emphasized her vote in Committee was designed to move the process forward despite her continued concerns…
ASC career “recession-proof”
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Based on information from the US Department of Labor and the US Census Bureau, author Lawrence Shatkin says in his recently published “150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs” that careers in Ambulatory Health Care Services are in the third position in the top 10, right behind Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation” and Hospitals, and ahead of Insurance…
AARP: 20-33% Medicare beneficiaries readmitted to hospitals
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“Another serious problem we’ve been hearing about lately is that of hospitals discharging older patients without any follow-up, or ‘transitional,’ services. One of every five Medicare beneficiaries is readmitted within 30 days of discharge; and one of every three, within 90 days – often because of poor communication between patients, caregivers and healthcare providers.” –…
New Rand study on excess health costs
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009In 1960, U.S. business spent 1.2% of their payroll on health insurance. In 2006, they spent 9.9%. The Rand Corporation recently released a study that examined 37 industries from 1987 to 2005 and concluded that excess health care costs are causing significant job losses as well as revenue output losses for many American industries…
Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Achieving comprehensive health reform has emerged as a leading priority of the President and Congress. President Obama has outlined eight principles for health reform, seeking to address not only the 45 million people who lack health insurance, but also rising health care costs and lack of quality. In Congress, a number of comprehensive reform proposals…
Support Slips for Health Plan
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009WASHINGTON — Support for President Barack Obama’s health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care…
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