Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a sudden scheduling change related to her appearance in San Diego on April 11, 2014 at a major healthcare conference. Local residents made aware of Hillary Clinton’s […]
Health care spending rose at the fastest pace in 10 years last quarter, a development that could foreshadow higher costs for consumers this year. long-term upward pressures on health care costs, such as the growth […]
By: G. Keith Smith, M.D. http://SurgeryCenterOK.com A patient who wanted to have a procedure at our facility asked us to file insurance. We discovered that if she had her surgery at our facility rather than […]
Hearing Description: The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee recently met to examine how CMS’s proposed ruling and Obamacare will affect Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. The witnesses were split on whether it will have a negative […]
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. – http://HerPlace.com The March 31 deadline for enrolling in Obamacare looms over the undecided. Millions of Americans have lost their private health insurance policies because they do not comply with the […]
Summary compiled by the Market Institute of a Galen Institute event held February 27, 2104 The Galen Institute hosted an event which saw three different panels comprised of politicians, policy experts, and journalists, debate the […]
By: G. Keith Smith, M.D. – http://SurgeryCenterOK.com My introduction to the practice of medicine began before I went to medical school. Dr. Don Garrett and Dr. Richard Allgood, both thoracic surgeons, allowed me to spend […]
One of our members posed some very good questions about whether a private doctor is allowed to treat a Medicaid beneficiary as a private patient–and whether, once signed up for Medicaid, a patient is allowed […]
Summary by The Market Institute of Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #4145 The Heritage Foundation recently released Issue Brief #4145 regarding a couple of myths surrounding the Affordable Care Act and the way it is impacting […]
Once again, the American Medical Association is calling on patients and doctors to barrage Congress with pleas to permanently end the Clinton-Gingrich Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for cutting Medicare costs. The SGR threatens increasingly […]
