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Explaining Health Reform: Key Changes in the Medicare Advantage Program [PDF]
, 2010 Summarizes changes to Medicare Advantage resulting from the 2010 healthcare reform law, including eliminating high payments to private plans, rewarding high-quality plans, and increasing consumer protections.
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International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.Early detection of colorectal cancer via population‐based screening programs can reduce incidence and mortality, but current screening approaches are limited. This systematic review evaluated the screening potential of blood‐based circulating tumor DNA assays in asymptomatic screening populations.
Caroline Ledertoug Kahn +4 more
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How Does the Benefit Value of Medicare Compare to the Benefit Value of Typical Large Employer Plans?: A 2012 Update [PDF]
, 2012 Compares the value of benefits for those age 65 and older under Medicare and under two large employer plans typical of those for which premium support could be offered under reform proposals.
Frank McArdle +3 more
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Prognostic Value of Perioperative Anemia in Neurosurgical‐Oncological Treatment of Spinal Metastases
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.High perioperative morbidity in patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastases highlights the need to identify modifiable risk factors, particularly the underexplored role of anemia. This study assessed associations between perioperative hemoglobin levels and complications, recurrence, and mortality in patients treated surgically for spinal ...
Marija Janjic +13 more
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Voices of Beneficiaries: Early Experiences with the Medicare Drug Benefit [PDF]
, 2006 Presents findings from a survey that examines the enrollment decisions, experiences, and future concerns related to the prescription drug coverage of beneficiaries with the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Jack Hoadley
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International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.Bisphosphonates are widely used to treat osteoporosis and to manage bone metastases in patients with breast cancer. Nitrogen‐based bisphosphonates may also broadly reduce cancer risk, but evidence remains inconsistent. This large population‐based data linkage study in women aged > 50 years found that, compared to no use of osteoporosis medicines ...
Karen M. Tuesley +7 more
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Medicare, Medicaid and the Deficit Debate [PDF]
, 2012 Examines 2000-10 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures; projections for 2011-20 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Congressional Budget Office; contributing factors, including enrollment growth; and proposals for curbing ...
John Holahan, Stacey McMorrow
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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Quality Ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans: Key Changes in the Health Reform Law and 2010 Enrollment Data [PDF]
, 2010 Examines performance measures used to set plans' quality ratings, 2010 healthcare reform provisions for bonus payments to plans with high ratings, plan enrollment by rating, and ratings by plan type, analyzed by state and county.
Anthony Damico +3 more
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, 2009 Provides an overview of trends in fraud and abuse involving private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare; types of schemes; risk factors; and consequences.
Nancy Lopez +2 more
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