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Source: http://www.spreaker.com/user/theagingboomers/having-a-better-health-care-experience Tiffany Matthews is the founder of Live Better Boomer!, providing Healthcare Access Advocacy ...
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Madhusudan Padi Hirakud Displaced Kurumkel and other villages
commissioner cum Secretary Govt. of Odisha was questioned on 4 villages that were displaced during the massive developmental project "HIRAKUD DAM" are still living in the pre-independence era....
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Premier, Inc. CEO on Health Cares Future
Susan DeVore, president and CEO of Premier, Inc., says those in the industry continue to adjust to national health care reform and its effects on the industry and economy.
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Barack Obama Remarks on USSC Affordable Health Care Act
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Among the traditional holiday gifts we receive in the business news inbox are predictions for the coming year.
Michael Mrnak's vision is looking up. Mrnak is vice president and senior client manager with the Business Banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for the upper Midwest, based in Minneapolis.
Within the concentrations of manufacturing, health care and distribution, Mrnak sees a continuation of the growth and recovery cycle we've seen over the past few years.
Of course, there are usual challenges that business will continue to face, including finding skilled staffing and the continuous upgrading of technology. But financing for this will come amid a favorable interest rate environment, albeit that's predicted to change gradually in 2015.
"We're very optimistic and bullish on 2015 when it comes to manufacturing, business distribution and health care, sectors that we tend to focus in on," Mrnak said. "We've had stabilized and increased cash flow over the last 36 months, and we see a lot of expansion in these areas."
In a recent interview, Mrnak provided more details. His answers have been edited for context and clarity.
When you say you're seeing business growth in these sectors, can you be more specific?
In the manufacturing sector, we're seeing a lot of increases both in the real estate capacity with refurbishing their existing facilities, and expanding with ground-up construction; with expansion comes a lot of capital expenditure spending, equipment financing, and certainly with that, automation.
"And we see a cycle every three to five years with cap-ex spending, with equipment financing; to stay ahead of the game in automation, you need to upgrade that equipment."
What about in health care?
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New research indicates that reducing emergency surgery for three common procedures by 10 percent could cut $1 billion in health care costs over 10 years
As hospitals and health systems increasingly focus on addressing the rising cost of health care in the United States, and with the expense of surgical care playing a major role, physician researchers and others across the healthcare industry are working to identify innovative ways to reduce surgical costs.
In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.
"If 10 percent of these emergency surgeries had been performed electively, the cost difference would have been nearly $1 billion over 10 years," said Adil Haider, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and lead author of the paper. "Importantly, elective procedures are better for patients, too, who experience lower rates of mortality and better outcomes. There is a tremendous opportunity to both save lives and decrease costs."
Haider, who conducted this research while at the Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research at Johns Hopkins, with colleagues from Howard University, analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of 621,925 patients from 2001 to 2010 who underwent abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection. The hospital's cost to care for these patients was calculated with standardized information on inpatient cost and charge as reported by hospitals to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid.
When compared to elective surgery, emergency surgery was 30 percent more expensive for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, 17 percent more expensive for coronary artery bypass graft and 53 percent more expensive for colon resection. Researchers also found that patients who underwent elective surgery had significantly lower rates of mortality compared to those who had emergency surgical procedures.
"The costs of surgical care represent nearly 30 percent of total healthcare expenditures and they are projected to total more than $900 billion by 2025, said Haider. "As we, collectively in the healthcare industry, work to systematically address the rising cost of healthcare, reducing emergency surgeries for common procedures provides a significant opportunity that must be seriously and thoughtfully considered. Strategically aligning primary care, screening programs and other interventions could be an impactful way to both improve outcomes and reduce costs."
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This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIGMS K23GM093112-01), and the American College of Surgeons C. James Carrico Fellowship for the study of Trauma and Critical Care.
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a 793-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare. BWH has more than 3.5 million annual patient visits, is the largest birthing center in Massachusetts and employs nearly 15,000 people. The Brigham's medical preeminence dates back to 1832, and today that rich history in clinical care is coupled with its national leadership in patient care, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, and its dedication to research, innovation, community engagement and educating and training the next generation of health care professionals. Through investigation and discovery conducted at its Brigham Research Institute (BRI), BWH is an international leader in basic, clinical and translational research on human diseases, more than 1,000 physician-investigators and renowned biomedical scientists and faculty supported by nearly $650 million in funding. For the last 25 years, BWH ranked second in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) among independent hospitals. BWH continually pushes the boundaries of medicine, including building on its legacy in transplantation by performing a partial face transplant in 2009 and the nation's first full face transplant in 2011. BWH is also home to major landmark epidemiologic population studies, including the Nurses' and Physicians' Health Studies and the Women's Health Initiative. For more information, resources and to follow us on social media, please visit BWH's online newsroom.
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By Gintautas Dumcius
State House News Service
BOSTON -- The state's revamped health-care website has seen 1.5 million unique visits in the last four weeks, a number that is expected to grow given the looming Tuesday deadline for people to pick a health-care plan and pay for it, state officials said.
The deadline applies to Massachusetts residents who need health insurance starting on Jan. 1.
The site has enrolled 114,321 people, including 98,530 into Medicaid, or MassHealth, since the re-launch.
The health-care website system has had "no outages" contributing to a "night and day" experience for consumers compared to last year's poor performance, according to Maydad Cohen, who was tapped by Gov. Deval Patrick to overhaul the website.
Cohen said the information-technology costs for the rebuild of the website are still within the $254 million budget for the project, paid for largely through grants from the federal government.
Cohen released data showing that 53,490 people found eligible for qualified health plans selected or paid for a plan. So far, 18,187 people have paid premiums for plans that begin on Jan. 1.
The Health Connector is open today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to assist consumers using the website. Cohen said they expect heavy call volume and wait times on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the Tuesday deadline to pick and pay for a plan effective Jan. 1.
Health-care officials have put out mailers and robo-calls to reach out to potentially eligible residents.
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Subject : Community Monday - 16th, December 2014 Contents :- *Health Care Management: -Definition -Principles of Management -Management Functions.
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Dan Walters Daily: California still must address retiree health care
Though Gov. Jerry Brown boasts of a balanced budget, he still has billions of dollars in unfunded retiree health benefits to deal with, Dan says. (December 17, 2014)
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Boy asks Barack Obama #39;why do people hate you?
http://www.americanconservativedailynews.com Mr Obama, who is currently caught up in a heated and divisive political row over his plans for health care reform, called on the boy, Tyren Scott, in...
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Health Literacy Past, Present, and Future - Russell Rothman, MD, MPP
Russell Rothman #39;s presentation Creating Health Literate Health Care Delivery from the November 6, 2014 Roundtable on Health Literacy Workshop - Health Literacy Past, Present, and Future.
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Designing for Consequence
Lorna Ross, Director of Design at the Center for Innovation at Mayo Clinic, discusses how design can be used as an agent for change in complex systems such as health care.
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Fifty-two percent of Americans say they find basic medical care affordable, but that's down from 61 percent last December. Today, for 46 percent of Americans, paying for medical care is a hardship, up 10 points.
Similarly, just over half of Americans are at least somewhat satisfied with their health care costs, while 43 percent are dissatisfied.
Americans are feeling the cost of their health care. Fifty-two percent say the amount of money they pay for out-of-pocket health care costs -- those not covered by insurance -- has gone up over the past few years, including a third who say those costs have gone up a lot.
Most attribute the rise of out-of-pocket costs to more expensive medical treatment, rather than an increase in the amount of treatment they are receiving.
Even though a majority of Americans are able to keep up with their medical costs, some cannot. Thirty-seven percent say they or one of their immediate family members have had trouble keeping up with their medical bills in the last few years. Those with lower incomes are more likely to have had trouble paying their medical bills.
In addition, 28 percent of Americans say they been contacted by a collection agency because of medical bills. And among those who have had trouble paying their medical bills, nearly two-thirds have been contacted by a collection agency.
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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) has abandoned a years-long push for a universal health-care system in the state after budget analysts said the program would require what he called enormous new taxes.
Shumlin had proposed what he called the Green Mountain Care plan, which would have put Vermont on track to provide publicly-financed health care starting in 2017.
But Michael Costa, Shumlins deputy director of health care reform, concluded the plan would have required an 11.5 percent payroll tax on all Vermont businesses and an income tax hike of up to 9.5 percent. Those taxes wouldnt have covered transition costs to the new system, which would have amounted to at least $500 million.
These are simply not tax rates that I can responsibly support or urge the legislature to pass, Shumlin said in a speech Wednesday. In my judgment, the potential economic disruption and risks would be too great to small businesses, working families and the states economy.
Shumlin blamed slower-than-expected economic growth after the recession that forced the state to make steep budget cuts. Federal funding for the transition would have been $150 million less than initially projected, costs the state would have had to absorb.
Pushing for single payer health care financing when the time isnt right and it would likely hurt our economy is not good for Vermont and it would not be good for true health care reform, Shumlin said. Now is not the right time to ask our legislature to take the step of passing a financing plan for Green Mountain Care.
The administrations budget officials tried to find ways to pay for the program without the tax hikes, though no one could come up with a solution that prevented the tax hikes.
In an op-ed released by Shumlins office, he called the move to scrap universal care one of the most difficult decisions of my public life.
Instead of universal health care, Shumlin said he would pursue other avenues to reduce health-care costs, such as paying for quality of outcomes rather than quantity of services, and improving information technology systems.
Republicans cheered the decision to abandon the push for a single-payer system. Lt. Gov. Phil Scott (R) called the move a definitive step in the right direction for Vermonters, Vermont businesses and Vermonts economy.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Many American parents don't think their teen and young adult children are able to manage their own health care, a new survey finds.
The nationwide poll of parents of children ages 13 to 30 found that a large number believe children should stop seeing their pediatrician and begin going to an adult-focused primary care doctor at age 18 (42 percent). Some thought their children should transition to adult care even before age 18 (27 percent).
However, only 30 percent of parents said their children actually did so by age 18, according to the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
"Making this transition is something virtually all teens and young adults will have to do, but this poll makes it clear that many parents are doubtful that their kids are ready to make the leap at age 18," Emily Fredericks, associate professor of pediatrics, said in a university news release.
While most parents believed their teen and young adult children know how to take medications, they were less confident about their children's ability to do things such as make a doctor's appointment, fill out medical history forms or go to the emergency department, the survey found.
"Less than half of parents think their older teens, 18 to 19 years old, know how to make a doctor's appointment, and only one-quarter of parents believe their teens know what their health insurance covers," Fredericks said.
"This perceived lack of skills may explain why so few teens transition their care by age 18. Parents may realize that becoming an adult at age 18 is not a guarantee that their young adult is suddenly ready to manage their own health care," she added.
Parents can help their teens prepare for this transition by encouraging them to be more involved in their health care. Ways to get them involved include having them make appointments, ask and answer questions during health care visits, and learn what is covered by health insurance, Fredericks suggested.
"Age alone shouldn't be the only factor. Instead, parents and health care providers can partner with adolescents to gradually teach them the self-management skills they need to successfully navigate the health care system," she said.
"Our poll results indicate that transition needs to be a learning process, not a point in time where suddenly teens are ready to be independent when it comes to their health," Fredericks concluded.
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