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ACGME Duty-Hour Recommendations " A National Survey of Residency Program Directors | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Ryan M. Antiel, M.A., Scott M. Thompson, B.A., Darcy A. Reed, M.D., M.P.H, Katherine M. James, M.P.H., Jon C. Tilburt, M.D., M.P.H., Michael P. Bannon, M.D., Philip R. Fischer, M.D. and David R. Farley, M.D. Taking into consideration the Institute of Medicine's 2008 recommendations regarding residents' duty hours,1 the 16-member ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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ACGME Duty-Hour Recommendations — A National Survey of Residency Program Directors: http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=10443&query=TOC
Truth and Consequences " Insurance-Premium Rate Regulation and the ACA | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Ann Mills, M.Sc., M.B.A., Carolyn L. Engelhard, M.P.A., and Patricia M. Tereskerz, J.D., Ph.D. Over the past decade, the largest health insurance companies have seen a disproportionate increase in profits of 250%, or 10 times the rate of inflation. During the past year alone, there has been a double-digit increase in ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Gov’t review of big insurance rate hikes may disrupt care; quality-based ACA reforms must also succeed: UVa’s Mills. http://bit.ly/bjgTbs
Walking the Tightrope of Health Insurance Reform between 2010 and 2014 | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Christopher C. Jennings, and Katherine J. Hayes, J.D. Both political parties wax poetic about the need for popular insurance reforms, but legislating what is necessary and implementing it properly has always been the trick. In the aftermath of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama and his administration ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Health Reform, Primary Care, and Graduate Medical Education | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “John K. Iglehart The administration of President Barack Obama and its congressional allies, having wrested a vast health care reform bill from Republicans who were united in opposition, are moving rapidly to implement the new law.1 The law requires that every eligible American (about 95% of the population) carry medical insurance; ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Facing the Wild West of Health Care Reform " Donald Berwick, Pioneer | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “John K. Iglehart Dr. Donald M. Berwick, who has tirelessly pioneered efforts to improve the quality of medical care and the safety of patients, faces new challenges as he assumes the reins of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Democrats and Republicans alike were surprised when President Barack Obama ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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NEJM’s Iglehart interviews two former CMS/HCFA administrators on Don Berwick’s recess appointment to CMS. http://bit.ly/dw9w8x
Finding My Way to Electronic Health Records | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. The recent oil spill off the Gulf Coast may prove to be one of the great environmental challenges of our lifetime. It is yet another devastating blow to the Gulf region, a place I call home. My heart goes out to the people there who are concerned ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Regina Benjamin: After Gulf hurricanes, I knew I couldn’t afford to not have EHRs. HITECH should help small practices. http://bit.ly/cwN74p
The Independent Payment Advisory Board | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, J.D. A common theme in the health care reform debate in recent years has been the need for a board of impartial experts to oversee the health care system. Market forces alone, it is argued, cannot control health care costs, and Congress is too driven ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Important reading for physicians. The Independent Payment Advisory Board | Health Care Reform Center http://is.gd/dnjcr
The SGR for Physician Payment " An Indispensable Abomination | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D. Congress has just extended the life of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) " the formula that Medicare uses to calculate physicians' fees " for 6 more months. The SGR was enacted in 1998 to hold down the growth of these fees. It replaced a formula with the ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Until a plausible alternative arises, the SGR will persevere, in spite of flaws: Brookings's Aaron http://bit.ly/d6TrLe
Health Care Reform in Action " Calorie Labeling Goes National | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H. Tucked away on page 455 of the 906-page health care reform act (Public Law 111-148) is a provision for listing calorie counts on the menu boards of chain restaurants or adjacent to each food offered in vending machines and in retail stores. Establishments with 20 or ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Calorie labeling in restaurant chains goes national. http://bit.ly/9RB7Rk
Buying Health Care, the Individual Mandate, and the Constitution | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., and Jonathan Gruber, Ph.D. In Rashomon, a classic film that explores the concept of truth, director Akira Kurosawa presents a story about a single incident retold by four narrators, leaving the audience to figure out what is real. Litigation has a Rashomon-like quality to it: two sides ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Rosenbaum, Gruber: Outcome of indiv. mandate fight rests on whether courts see ACA as law that regulates econ. conduct. http://bit.ly/dvmHbz
Accountability Measures " Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., Jerod M. Loeb, Ph.D., Stephen P. Schmaltz, Ph.D., and Robert M. Wachter, M.D. Measuring the quality of health care and using those measurements to promote improvements in the delivery of care, to influence payment for services, and to increase transparency are now commonplace. These ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Health Care Reform and Cost Control | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Peter R. Orszag, Ph.D., and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. After nearly a century of failed attempts, comprehensive health care reform was enacted on March 23, 2010, when President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In attempting to modernize and improve a large part of the health care ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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Bizarre sentence of the day:"We argue...purely from a 'green eyeshade' viewpoint"#NEJM Healthcare Reform http://bit.ly/aqZcg1 link corrected
Justice John Paul Stevens " The Practice of Medicine and the Rule of Law | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H. Although it's not a thought that has leapt to the minds of commentators, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be missed by physicians and patients. Stevens believes that the Constitution prohibits government from interfering in personal decision making, including medical decisions that belong ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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NEJM Justice John Paul Stevens http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=3379&query=TOC
Implementing Health Care Reform " Why Medicare Matters | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Robert A. Berenson, M.D. Despite the major achievements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in providing health insurance for more than 30 million Americans and regulating objectionable insurance-company practices, its opponents alleged throughout the health care reform debate that it would negatively affect Medicare beneficiaries. Although nothing in ...” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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MedPAC's Berenson on why Medicare matters to the new health care reform law. http://bit.ly/dCN9CF
Transparency at the Food and Drug Administration | Health Care Reform Center
healthcarereform.nejm.org — “Afia K. Asamoah, J.D., and Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D. On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum calling for” View full resource at healthcarereform.nejm.org
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