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Better Medical Homes Come at a Higher Cost
Running a better patient-centered medical home (PCMH) healthcare center may be more costly, researchers found.
Centers with a quality score that was 10 points higher than a mean score had a $2.26 higher operating cost per patient per month, Robert Nocon, MHS, of the University of Chicago, and colleagues reported online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
That translates to an annual cost of $508,207 for the average PCMH, though that cost "is relatively small compared with the potential cost savings from averted hospitalization and emergency department use observed in some preliminary studies," they wrote.
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Source: MedPage Today
Bridging the Vaccination Gap: Insights on Global Immunization Challenges
July 30th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jeffery A. Goad, PharmD, MPH, 2024-2025 president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, on the recent report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF on public immunization rates, with national and global health implications.
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Double Trouble: High-Deductible Plans Raise Maternity Care Costs Across 2 Calendar Years
June 27th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the June 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about how annual high-deductible insurance plans increase maternity care costs when pregnancies cross 2 calendar years.
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Support and Skepticism Emerge as Reactions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s HHS Nomination
November 15th 2024In the hours after President-elect Donald J. Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr to lead HHS, reactions came swiftly to the controversial pick who would have a large influence to shake up public health.
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