Major Issues Facing Healthcare in 2021?

Here are the major issues facing healthcare according to PwC

Will a health system battered by the pandemic emerge stronger in the year ahead? The annual report predicts challenges such as profitably merging virtual and in-person care, and capitalizing on new consumer- and clinician-facing digital health tools.

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NASEM Recommends a Primary Care Physician to Every American

By HEALTH CAPITAL CONSULTANTS, LLC


On May 4, 2021, the National Academies for Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) released a major report expressing a dire need to improve primary care in the U.S. 

Since January 2020, an extensive committee within NASEM has worked to develop an implementation plan that will reopen the discussion of improving primary care as a means to improving overall health and achieving health equity.

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The Business of Medical Practice [3rd. edition]

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Health Dictionary Series of Administrative Terms

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To keep up with the ever-changing healthcare industrial complex, we must learn new definitions and re-learn old terminology in order to correctly apply it to practice. By aggregating the most up-to-date abbreviations, acronyms, definitions and terms, the Health Dictionary Series offers a wealth of information to help understand the ever-changing terms-of-art in healthcare today.

Each 10,000 item handbook is essential for doctors, nurses, benefits managers, financial advisors/planners, and insurance agents, CPAs, and administrators; as well as graduate and under graduate students and professors. Our goal to for each dictionary to be designated as a Doody’s Core Title.

Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care

With more than 10,000 definitions, 4,000 abbreviations and acronyms, and a 3,000 item oeuvre of resources, readings, and nomenclature derivatives, this dictionary covers the Medicare, managed care and Medicaid, private insurance, Veteran’s Administration and PP-ACA language of the entire health and long-term care insurance sector.

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Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance

Health economics and finance is an integral component of the health care industrial complex. Its language is a diverse and broad-based concept covering many other industries: accounting, mathematics, the actuarial sciences, stochastics and statistics, salary reimbursements, physician payments, compensation and forecasting are all commingled arenas.

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Dictionary of Health Information Technology Security

There is a myth that all healthcare stakeholders understand the meaning of information technology jargon. In truth, the vernacular of contemporary systems is unique, and often misused or misunderstood. Moreover, emerging Heath Information Technology (HIT) thru the HITECG initiatives; in the guise of terms, definitions, acronyms, abbreviations and standards; often puts the non-expert in a position of maximum uncertainty and minimum productivity.

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PODCAST: How are Hospitals Doing after the Pandemic?

The Pandemic is Ending?

How Are Hospitals Doing?

Interview with Brian Peters 

Rich Helppie brings back Brian Peters, the CEO of The Michigan Health and Hospital Association to talk about the current state of Covid-19; what we may have gotten right, what we may have gotten wrong and how to move forward.

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Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations

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PODCAST: Price Transparency in Healthcare

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In this BRI Virtual Event Series, David Balat of Free2Care, talks about Price Transparency in Healthcare, right here.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: David Balat is the director of the Right on Healthcare initiative at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and founder of the patient-physician coalition, Free2Care. He has broad experience across the healthcare spectrum with special expertise in healthcare finance. He is a former congressional candidate in Texas’ 2nd Congressional District and a seasoned hospital executive with more than 20 years of healthcare industry leadership and executive management experience.

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PODCAST: Could Money be the Root of Optimal Patient Outcomes?

ETHICS AND THE HEALTH ECONOMICS OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

QUERY: Is a financial relationship necessary to improve the doctor-patient relationship?

ANSWER: Dr. Tony Dale, a British-trained physician, emphatically says … YES.

Editor’s Note: Dr. Tony Dale, founder of Sedera Health, spoke at the 2020 FMMA Mini-Conference on Medical Entrepreneurship.

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FINANCIAL ADVISORS: Prospecting Physician Clients?

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On “Meaningful” Tchotchkes and Health Dictionaries for Doctors

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The Rise of Unregulated Convenience Care Clinics

CCCs AND UCCs Popularity on the Rise!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Convenience Care Clinics [CCCs], including Urgent Care Centers (UCCs) and retail health clinics, have seen increasing popularity and attention in recent years. Colleague Todd Zigrang of HCC, LLC opines.

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By Todd A. Zigrang, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CVA, ASA

As the number of UCCs and retail health clinics in the U.S., as well as the number of patients they serve, grow, some experts have called for stronger state regulation and oversight in order to ensure that these convenience care centers are providing access to all, including vulnerable communities, without discrimination. (Read more…) 

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NAACOS Recognizes Three ACOs for Health Care Improvement Efforts

Essentia Health, Ochsner Accountable Care Network, and Primaria Health win NAACOS Leaders in Quality Excellence Awards

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At its Spring 2021 Conference, the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) recognized three ACOs for their outstanding work to improve patient care in their communities.

DEFINITION: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/ACO

NAACOS said the three inaugural winners exemplify how ACOs across the country are improving care by addressing food insecurity, making house calls to reduce preventable emergency department visits, and engaging patients in preventive services.

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PODCAST: Stock Market Impact on Health Care

The Dramatic Rise in the Stock Market Over the Last 10 Years Has Caused Institutional Investors Like Pension Funds to Re-balance to Private Equity

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A Typical Pension Fund Portfolio Will Be 51% Bonds, 28% Equities, 6% Real Estate, 5% Private Equity, 4% Other and 6% Cash. As a Result of Rebalancing Money Out of Skyrocketing Equities, Private Equity Funding Has Doubled to Over $1.2 Trillion in the Last 10 Years.

Specifically in Healthcare, Private Equity Investment in Providers (i.e. Physician Groups, Surgery Centers, Imaging Centers, etc.) Doubled to $30 Billion in Just ONE YEAR. The Private Equity Investment on the Payor Side of Healthcare PALES in Comparison at Only $1 Billion. The Majority of These Private Equity Investments Plan on Making Money By INCREASING Healthcare Costs in a Fee-for-Service Payment Environment.

Healthcare Costs Don’t Rise By Accident. They Rise Because Specific People Make Specific Plans to Increase Costs to Earn a Return on Their Investment.

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CEO ADMITS: Payments in Value-Based Contracts Were Actually Fee-For-Service Based

Fee-For-Service Physician Reimbursement Not to be Replaced Anytime Soon!

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VALUE BASED CARE PROPONENTS?

Definition: Value-Based Care (VBC) is a health care delivery model under which providers — hospitals, labs, doctors, nurses and others — are paid based on the health outcomes of their patients and the quality of services rendered. Under some value-based contracts, providers share in financial risk with health insurance companies. In addition to negotiated payments, they can earn incentives for providing high-quality, efficient care.

VBC differs from the traditional fee-for-service model where providers are paid separately for each medical service. While quality care can be provided under both models, it’s the difference in how providers are paid, paired with the way patient care is managed, that provides the opportunity for health improvements and savings in a VBC environment.

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THE SHOCKING EXPOSE’

But – During a Panel Discussion Captured on YouTube at the 2019 HLTH Conference in Las Vegas, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona CEO Pam Kehaly Admitted that Only 10% of the Payments in Value-Based Contracts Were Value-Based.

So, what gives?

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Unable to Afford Health Care?

BRI Board Chairman Sally Pipes Takes a Closer Look

By Richard Walker

Yes, Says Gallup, but Maybe Not!

A recent Gallup poll finds Americans are unable to afford health care. But, a closer look at the data suggests otherwise.

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What Health-Care Affordability Crisis?

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Private Equity Investment in the Healthcare Industry

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED VALUATORS AND ANALYSTS

 

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By Todd A. Zigrang, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CVA, ASA

[President Health Capital Consultants, LLC]

THE VALUE EXAMINER:

Read Part One

Read Part Two

Read Part Three

NOTE: Colleagues at Health Capital Consultants (HCC) represent a team of qualified, experienced and certified healthcare valuation professionals with specific healthcare industry focus; along with in-depth understanding and extensive experience of the healthcare market on a local, regional and national basis; and strong dedication to in-depth research and analysis.

Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA

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“Real ACOs haven’t been tried yet!”

ON ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

[By Staff Reporters]

What happens when you’re a healthcare policy wonk and the pilot study for your pet program has failed miserably?  You declare “Success!” in the editorial pages of the New England Journal of Medicine and demand that the program become nationwide and mandatory.

I kid you not.  This is exactly what happens.

Thankfully, colleague Mike Accad MD and Anish Koka are vigilant and explain the blatant obfuscations and manipulations that the central planners engage in to have their way.

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On “Bundled” Medical Payments

Payor Savings Evidence?

New Evidence for Private Payor Savings Through Bundled Payments

A new RAND Corporation study on bundled payments in the private sector was published in the March 2021 issue of Health Affairs. The study analyzed data from over 2,000 procedures performed as part of a direct payment program by Carrum Health between 2016 and 2020, and found significant savings from this bundled payment program, without any significant changes in quality. This study adds important evidence to the argument in favor of bundled payments and is especially important because it examines the under-studied area of bundled payment models from commercial payment systems. (Read more…) 

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Amazon’s New Moves in Health Care

Amazon’s New Moves in Healthcare

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

Amazon, the largest e-commerce company in the world, has made large, strategic moves over the past several years to make a place for themselves in healthcare. This article will review Amazon’s most recent advancements in the industry, including those related to Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant, Alexa, and Amazon’s employee healthcare system, Amazon Care, and how this non-healthcare company is changing the industry. (Read more…)

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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Healthcare Provisions in the American Rescue Plan

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The law looks to alleviate the burden felt by the millions of people who lost their employer-sponsored health insurance over the first six months of the pandemic and assist the hardest-hit communities through the extension of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) subsidies, expanding Medicaid coverage, increasing funding for behavioral health, ramping up COVID-19 vaccines and testing, providing financial relief for rural providers, and enacting other individual and healthcare system protections. (Read more…)

FMV of the Medical Practice?

FINANCIAL OPINIONS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE FAIR MARKET VALUE [FMV]
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Plastic Surgery-Medical Practice Worth, Valuation, Sales & Succession Planning

For doctor-colleagues, buying or selling a practice may be the biggest financial transaction of their lives. Reasons for appraising practice worth include: sales, merger, succession, retirement and estate planning; partnership disputes and divorce; or as an important tool for organic growth and strategic planning.

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However, the transaction is fraught with many pitfalls to avoid and no medical specialty seems immune; especially when it comes to contentious fair market value [FMV] appraisals.

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What is a Stock Market SPECIALIST?

WHAT IS A STOCK MARKET “SPECIALIST”?
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DEFINITION: A member of a securities exchange with the essential function of maintaining a fair and orderly market, insofar as reasonably practicable, in the stocks in which he is registered as a specialist. To do this, s/he must buy and sell for his own account and risk, to a reasonable degree, when there is a temporary disparity between supply and demand. In order to equalize trends, he must buy or sell counter to the direction of the market.
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EMR Data Insecurity?

What Else is New?

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EHR Vendor Pays $18M to Settle Kickback Allegations | MedPage Today

UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL PRACTICE CYBER SECURITY RISKS | The Leading Business Education Network for Doctors, Financial Advisors and Health Industry Consultants (medicalexecutivepost.com)

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How Does Herd Immunity Really Work?

Patterns of Virus Spread

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An Op-Ed by a Healthcare Industry Thought Leader & Giant

New Years Resolutions 2021 [Repost]

By Nathan Kaufman • 1st Managing Director at Kaufman Strategic Advisors 

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1. I will continue to verify any statements I make about the healthcare system by talking to physicians and operators with REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE and not rely solely on statistical comparisons.

2. I will promote that there is a correlation between cost, quality, and access in today’s healthcare system. Those who believe health systems should approach anything close to Medicare breakeven advocate for low quality and significant service reductions.3. I will continue to promote the fact that whoever affiliates with the best doctors will win in the long run.

4. I will encourage my clients to avoid the attempt by payers and many industry desk jockeys (e.g., Rand Corp.) to commoditize healthcare delivery. The best doctors, services, and ultimately the best outcomes are not commodities; they come at a price.

5. I will not stand by and watch the payers, government, and the aforementioned academic knuckleheads destroy the hospital industry using the ‘value con’– they already destroyed the rural hospital sector.

6. I will only consider a health system to be under quality leadership if market share grows and profits meet or exceed the industry benchmark. I won’t accept ‘mission’ as an excuse.

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CMS Final Rule Brings Transparency to Healthcare Industry

Healthcare Transparency

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

On October 29, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Transparency in Coverage final rule. This long-anticipated final rule stems from President Donald Trump’s June 2019 executive order on “Improving Price and Quality Transparency” and builds upon the hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) price transparency requirements released in November 2019.

 

These requirements came under fire in a lawsuit filed by the American Hospital Association (AHA), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), and Federation of American Hospitals (FAH), against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the requirements were upheld by the courts in June 2020 and the lawsuit is being appealed by the plaintiffs. (Read more…) 

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Free Market Health Care = NOT!

Free Market Health Care = NOT!

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Gap Between Private Insurance and Medicare Hospital Payments Increased in 2018

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“America First Healthcare Plan”

“America First Healthcare Plan”

By Robert Gergely MD

Yesterday, The President @POTUS outlined his plans for “America First Healthcare Plan”.

In 45 min. in front of Medical Professionals he brilliantly outlined a free market, competitive and PATIENTS centered philosophy for Medical Care in America. For those who care please view the video. you can find it here:https://lnkd.in/e9pxR-U

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Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Costs and Cases Rose in 2019

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On Medicare Advantage Plans (Private Medicare)

PART C

By John Kelly

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Medicare Advantage Plans (Private Medicare) are sold on a county-by-county basis. Attached is the market penetration of MA (compared to traditional FFS Medicare) for every county in the USA.

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Wonder why Medicare Advantage Premiums are going down (on average)? Because premiums are one of the measures by which the elderly decide what to purchase. Even though premiums are declining, not all MA plans are ‘cheaper’ than traditional FFS Medicare. Caveat Emptor.

It is also interesting to note that 3 carriers – Humana, UHC and BCBS Affiliates — cover 60% of all MA plan subscribers and use national networks of providers to offer broad service availability (compared to smaller plans, PSP’s and other narrow network options).

Medicare premiums per beneficiary typically exceed $10,000 per year. With effective ingenious use of benefit design, prior authorization, incentives, PBM contract rebates, etc., — there is a lot of money to be made in Medicare Advantage plans — accounting for the rapid growth in these plans over the last decade.

Employee Health Cost Projections

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2021 Physician Fee Schedule

2021 Physician Fee Schedule & Quality Payment Program Proposed Rules Released

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On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two proposed payment rules for calendar year (CY) 2021: the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP). CMS included in the MPFS proposed rule adjustments to physician payment rates and an expansion of telemedicine services.

The proposed QPP rule, meanwhile, takes into account adjustments made for the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and seeks to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden on providers by eliminating some requirements. These rules, which have garnered mixed reactions from stakeholders, are both open for comment until October 5, 2020. (Read more…)

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ON PATIENTS WITH TWO OR MORE CHRONIC DISEASES

Medicare FFS Spending = 93%

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RACIAL DISPARIETIES AMONGT MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES

AT HIGH-PERFORMANCE HOSPITALS

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Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital Pays $16 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

Piedmont Pays $16 Million to Settle Kickback and Overbilling Allegations

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

On June 25, 2020 Atlanta’s Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. agreed to pay $16 million to the federal government to resolve two False Claims Act (FCA) allegations of kickbacks and overbilling. The relator, a former Piedmont physician, alleged Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (and subsequent FCA) violations of paying an amount that was above fair market value (FMV) and commercially unreasonable in Piedmont’s 2007 acquisition of Atlanta Cardiology Group (ACG).

Additionally, Piedmont’s payments settle allegations that the hospital admitted patients without medical necessity in order to bill Medicare and Medicaid for inpatient procedures that were recommended to be performed at the less expensive outpatient or observation settings.  (Read more…)

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Alternative Medical Payment Models

“The Path to Successful Utilization of Alternative Payment Models”

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

An article authored by Todd ZigrangJessica Bailey-Wheaton, and Khaled Klele was featured in the most recent issue of The Health Lawyer published by the American Bar Association. Read the article entitled, “The Path to Successful Utilization of Alternative Payment Models,” here: https://lnkd.in/e78kXmE

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ESSAY: The Path to Successful Utilization of Alternative Payment Models

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Post-Coronavirus Physician Practice Acquisitions

Proceed with Caution

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy generally, and the healthcare industry specifically, the previously-active healthcare transactional environment has been largely stunted.

Despite (or perhaps because of) this economic turbulence, stakeholders expect that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity will soon resume with a vengeance. This potential opportunity, however, is not without pitfalls, due in part to the concern from stakeholders and regulators that well-capitalized entities may use this economic and public health crisis to prey on debilitated physician practices. (Read more…)

 

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ABSOLUTE versus RELATIVE RISKS IN MEDICINE

ABSOLUTE versus RELATIVE RISKS IN MEDICINE

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Understanding the Difference

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Healthcare Spending Distribution

CIRCA: 2018

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The MD SALARY “versus” NET-WORTH CONUNDRUM

A Graphical Power-Point Presentation

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“Of the 125 medical schools in the USA, only one of them to my knowledge offers a class related to saving or investing money.”
– William C. Roberts, MD

Private Banker Jorge Russe; MBA CMP™ explains in this PPT Presentation on Net Worth; NOT Income.

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BUSINESS, FINANCE, INVESTING AND INSURANCE TEXTS FOR DOCTORS:
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Changes in Medical Expenditure Distribution

CIRCA: 202-2016

By staff reporters

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More on SURPRISE Medical Billing

On “Balance Billing”

By Ryan Woody Ryan

Shareholder at Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.

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COVID-19 Financial Relief Available to Hospitals and Physicians

COVID-19 Financial Relief Available to Hospitals and Physicians

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought a time of grave uncertainty for U.S. healthcare and the greater economy.

While the focus of healthcare providers is, appropriately, on the access and delivery of care to those impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, there are many providers who will require financial resources to persevere during a time when all sectors of the U.S economy are being significantly impacted.

The federal government has announced a myriad of programs in the form of grants and loans to reimburse hospitals and physicians for some expenses and loss of revenue. (Read more…) 

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How Will COVID-19 Change Healthcare Delivery?

How Will COVID-19 Change Healthcare Delivery?

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

Spurred by how unprepared the American healthcare system was for a pandemic, the current COVID-19 emergency may present the conditions necessary to commence a healthcare delivery model paradigm shift.

In response to the public health emergency, the federal government, which has a record of reducing regulatory “burdens” under the Trump Administration, has taken aggressive actions to create regulatory flexibilities for healthcare providers and suppliers.

At least some of the various actions taken to reduce provider burden as they treat COVID-19 patients are likely to stay intact following the end of this pandemic, potentially revising the fundamental tenets of U.S. healthcare delivery. (Read more…)

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Costliest Healthcare Conditions

CIRCA: 2016

[By staff reporters]

http://www.MCOL.com

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RECALL: These conditions represent co-morbidities for the Corona Virus pandemic; as well.

Assessment: Your thoughts are appreciated.

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Risk Management, Liability Insurance, and Asset Protection Strategies for Doctors and Advisors: Best Practices from Leading Consultants and Certified Medical Planners™Comprehensive Financial Planning Strategies for Doctors and Advisors: Best Practices from Leading Consultants and Certified Medical Planners™

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Human Health Behavior TRENDS and COVID-19 Thoughts

Human Health Behavior and COVID-19 Thoughts

Courtesy: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.org

Here are 3 theories and 1 “rule” for the healthcare industrial complex that may help explain how the sector may not work correctly; from trauma, to epidemiology and  to Corona; all the time.

1 – Berkson’s Paradox: Strong correlations can fall apart when combined with a larger population.

For example, among motorcycle crash victims wearing helmets are more likely to be seriously injured than those not wearing helmets. But, that’s because most crash victims saved by helmets did not need to become hospital patients, and those without helmets are more likely to die before becoming a hospital patient.

2 – Group Attribution Error: Incorrectly assuming that the views of a group member, like a physician, reflect those of the whole group in a different discipline.

3 – Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon: Noticing an idea or word every where you look as soon as it’s brought to your attention in a way that makes you overestimate its prevalence.

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The 90-9-1 Rule: In social media networks, 90% of users just read content, 9% of users contribute a little content, and 1% of users contribute almost all the content.

QUERY: Does Social Media really give a false impression of what ideas are popular or “average.”

THINK: Corona Virus?

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A Health Care Spending Distribution

CIRCA: 2018

By http://www.MCOL.com

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U.S. Healthcare Spending Per Capita

CIRCA: 2018

By http://www.MCOL.com

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Health Care in America

Salary versus Healthcare Costs

[By staff reporters]

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Tuition Costs V. Medical Care Costs V. Home Prices V. the CPI

In Picto-Graphic Form

[By staff reporters]

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