Medicare Anniversary: How Obamacare Helps

Forty-seven years ago yesterday, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law—a law that now provides life-saving health care for nearly 50 million seniors and people with disabilities. In 2010, President Obama signed the health care reform law to strengthen Medicare coverage and ensure the program remains strong for future generations. Here are five ways Obamacare strengthens Medicare:

1. When seniors fall into the “doughnut hole,” they get a 50% discount on their prescription drugs. More than 5 million people already saved an average of $600 last year—and, come 2020, the doughnut hole will be closed for good.
2. For the first time, Medicare now covers an annual wellness visit so seniors have the chance to sit down with their doctor and make a plan to stay healthy, rather than wait until they’re sick to see the doctor.
3. Seniors now get free preventive care—like mammograms, colon cancer screenings, and flu shots. Last year, 33 million people with Medicare got a free service.
4. Primary care providers across the country and surgeons that practice in areas that have a shortage of doctors now get bonus payments from Medicare, which helps make sure that everyone can get the care they need.
5. The Affordable Care Act added 8 years to solvency of Medicare by cracking down on waste, fraud, and needless subsidies to insurance companies.
   
   Source: http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/entry/five-ways-obamacare-strengthens-medicare

Got Wednesday Blues? Steps To Get Over Hump Day

1.   Eat breakfast – If you skip breakfast, you won’t be at your best during the morning.   You will more likely gorge yourself at lunch and have a sleepy afternoon. So eat something, anything (within reason) so you can ensure a smooth start.

2.   Get plenty of sunshine – Sun in the morning signals the body and mind to wake up.   So instead of reaching for a big cup of Joe, put on your shoes and go outside.

3.   Get Aerobic Exercise –   while you are getting your sunlight, use it as an excuse to get a good walk or jog in.   Excercise lowers stress, gets your blood moving and wakes you up.

4.   Avoid RSS, EMAIL or phone before 10 am.  RSS, email and phone demand immediate attention.   Whereas your goals and work for the day can easily be brushed to the side.   If you can avoid the urgent and uninportant until 10 or 10:30, you’ve got a fighting chance at getting all of the important tasks done.

5.   Think positive thoughts not negative – Seems simple, but many people never do it.   Instead of looking on the worst side, try to see the bright side.   Ask yourself “what is the advantage of this situation?”   “how am I benefitting from this?   What am I learning?”   These are all good questions that you can ask in all negative situations to turn them to the positive.

6.   Take breaks – If you push on one task for too long you your work starts to suffer.   It’s easy to become tired and frustrated.   So every 30 – 45 minutes, take 5.   Get up from your desk, stop what you are doing and get your mind off your work for awhile.   You’ll find you’ll return with more ideas and renewed energy.

7.   Go for a mid-day walk – again, I’m harping on the excercise.   Getting a brisk walk in over lunch (even if for only 10 minutes) will get you to feeling better about your afternoon.   Where most others are sitting around digesting, you can be energizing.

8.   Avoid gossip – One drain on your day is gossip.   It may seem fun and exciting to learn some juicy tidbit about your officemate or boss.   But good gossip is always negative talk.   Negative talk starts the pendulum swinging toward negativity.

9.   List your top 5-7 objectives for the day and break the list down to 3 – It’s good to get in the habit of making lists, it’s bad to make long lists.   If you’ve got more than 5 items on your list, break it down to the top 3 things (you can always go back and edit in another task or two).   But with a list of 20 things, how can you not be overwhelmed?   3 is a managable, magical number.   Break your list down to 3.   Anybody can do just three things right?

10. Be slow to react to other people’s “urgent” requests.   When someone else asks you for help, to do a project or to meet some other urgent need, practice saying “what’s your deadline on this?   or when do you need this done?”   THen schedule that day.   Most people when asked one of those questions realize it’s not as urgent and will set a future date.   That way, you can go back to working on one of your top 3 activities.

VIA: http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/07/10-ways-to-have-a-happy-workday/

A Discussion on Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)

In the Spring of 2012, Staff Care organized a roundtable discussion of physicians on the current state of the healthcare industry. Among the issues discussed by this group of professionals — who represented a wide range of healthcare specialties, from primary care to cardiology to psychiatry — was the often-controversial topic of electronic medical records (EMRs). 

Will Updates Like These in Healthcare Technology Decrease Doctor Visits?

1. Ringadoc

Services: Video sessions are available with doctors in California. Doctors are available over the phone in 25+ states, see complete list here. (888-4-RING-A-DOC)


Cost: $39 per call or video session

Medical consultations are available without appointments with licensed doctors. Patients can call Ringadoc’s toll-free number to connect with physicians for immediate advice, diagnosis or prescription.

Callers are quickly matched with a doctor who can tell them if they need to go to the emergency room or wait until the next morning.

All Ringadoc physicians are specially screened and trained for the job. The company ensures licensed and registered doctors can meet patient needs with over-the-phone medical consultations. The company is actively recruiting physicians for their growing network.

Anyone in the U.S. can use Ringadoc. In order to receive medical advice, patients will need to create a free profile on the website.

Ringadoc believes its $39-per-call rate is "significantly cheaper than most doctor copays." Plus, there's no need for health insurance to use this service. Pre-paid plans include an $89.99 annual option that includes three calls or $119.99 yearly rate for six calls.

2. American Well's Online Care Mobile App

Availability: 24/7

Services: Video, phone, email and chat consultations are available within the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad app. The Android app is coming soon.

Cost: This is a free app medical providers can use to connect with their current patients. Doctors must have an account with the American Well's Online Care Suite to communicate with their patients. The cost of digital consultations are determined by the doctors.

Online Care Mobile App lets doctors make digital house calls with smartphone and tablet technology. Patients can request immediate services and ask questions for a specified fee. Within the app's secure platform patients can contact their doctors via video, text chats and phone calls with questions. Video and phone conferences can be scheduled or on demand.

3. 3G Doctor

Availability: Open to residents of the UK and Ireland 24 hours, seven days a week.

Services: Video consultations are available on the 3G Doctor website and mobile platform.

Cost: £35 per session

Start a video chat with a licensed doctor on 3G Doctor. The web platform lets patients chat live with medical experts. Consultations are available with registered doctors in the UK and Ireland. A UK or Ireland-based phone number is needed to connect.

On-demand doctors are available to diagnose and address minor medical problems such as rashes, aches or pains. Doctors can recommend treatments and answer health-related questions.

3G Doctor was created by Dr. John Doherty and Dr. Fiona Kavanagh to make medical services more accessible to people who need them -- often at night or on the weekend. Mobile services are meant to complement primary care services.

To talk immediately with a doctor, users must register online and credit their accounts with £35. Once registration is complete, users explain their condition and are matched up with a doctor.

The network's local doctors are recruited and trained. Its professionals undergo training, education and background checks.

Learn More About New Source

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Will Healthcare Jobs Rise With Upheld Verdict?

Although Americans continue to be divided on their opinions regarding the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act there seems to be one thing we can all be excited about: A predicted job surge in the healthcare field. Opposing sides continue to debate whether the ruling will help or harm job growth.

Andrew Chastain, guest writer for Witt/Kieffer, wrote that the executive search firm expects to see a 121 percent increase in chief medical officer positions openings, 43 percent growth in overall physician executive positions and a 40 percent increase in health IT positions due to healthcare reform. The firm also predicts a 29 percent increase in healthcare practice as a whole. This increase in medical positions will be needed to provide care to more insured Americans.

The GOP has voiced concerns the healthcare law actually will stall job market growth, and Republicans maintain the reform will strain rather than boost the economy, reported The Los Angeles Times.

Source: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/healthcare-jobs-could-soar-upheld-verdict/2012-06-29

A Synopsis Of What Obamacare Means For You!

What the law means for: The uninsured

The decision leaves in place the so-called individual mandate — the requirement on Americans to have or buy health insurance beginning in 2014 or face a penalty — although many are exempt from that provision.

In 2014, the penalty will be $285 per family or 1% of income, whichever is greater. By 2016, it goes up to $2,085 per family or 2.5% of income.

What the law means for: The insured

Because the requirement remains for people to have or buy insurance, the revenue stream designed to help pay for the law remains in place. So insured Americans may be avoiding a spike in premiums that could have resulted if the high court had tossed out the individual mandate but left other requirements on insurers in place.

What the law means for: People with Medicare

The new law protects guaranteed Medicare benefits. It also improves and expands those benefits, such as lower out-of-pocket drug costs and free Medicare-covered preventative care benefits. Yet another benefit is improved access to primary care doctors. In addition, Medicare recipients will keep getting discounts on drugs to close a gap in coverage known as the “doughnut hole.”

What the law means for: Young adults

Millions of young adults up to age 26 who have gained health insurance due to the law will be able to keep it. The law requires insurers to cover the children of those they insure up to age 26. About 2.5 million young adults from age 19 to 25 obtained health coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Two of the nation’s largest insurers, United Healthcare and Humana, recently announced they would voluntarily maintain some aspects of health care reform, including coverage of adult dependents up to age 26, even if the law was scrapped.

What the law means for: People with pre-existing conditions

Since the law remains in place, the requirement that insurers cover people with pre-existing medical conditions remains active.

The law also established that children under the age of 19 could no longer have limited benefits or be denied benefits because they had a pre-existing condition.

Starting in 2014, the law makes it illegal for any health insurance plan to use pre-existing conditions to exclude, limit or set unrealistic rates on coverage. It also established national high-risk pools that people with such conditions could join sooner to get health insurance.

More than 13 million American non-elderly adults have been denied insurance specifically because of their medical conditions, according to the Commonwealth Fund. The Kaiser Family Foundation says 21% of people who apply for health insurance on their own get turned down, are charged a higher price, or offered a plan that excludes coverage for their pre-existing condition.

What the law means for: All taxpayers

No matter what the Supreme Court had decided, it would have been a mixed bag for all Americans when it comes to federal spending. There is still much discussion about what impact the health care law will have on the country over the long term.

The federal government is set to spend more than $1 trillion over the next decade to subsidize coverage and expand eligibility for Medicaid. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the law could reduce deficits modestly in the first 10 years and then much more significantly in the second decade.

The CBO said a repeal of the mandate could reduce deficits by $282 billion over 10 years, because the government would be subsidizing insurance for fewer people. But the nation faces costs in various ways for having people who are uninsured. The Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center has estimated that without a mandate, 40 million Americans would remain uninsured.

Meanwhile, the Flexible Spending Accounts that millions of Americans use to save money tax-free for medical expenses will be sliced under the law. FSAs often allow people to put aside up to $5,000 pre-tax; as of 2013, they were to face an annual limit of $2,500.

What the law means for: All Americans

The massive health care law requires doctors to report goodies they get from medical supply companies; demands more breastfeeding rooms; requires all chain restaurants to list calories under every menu item, and includes other provisions, which now remain in place.

What the law means for: Doctors and other health care providers

Health care providers have already begun making changes based on the 2010 law, and in preparation for what will go into effect in 2014.

In general, medical groups have disagreed over the health care law. In the short term, doctors avoid “chaos” that may have resulted from the law suddenly being dropped or changed, according to Bob Doherty, senior vice president of governmental affairs at the American College of Physicians.

Source: http://blackdoctor.org/10580/obamacare-what-it-means-for-you/2/

How the Supreme Court's Ruling Affects ACA's

Article VIA: http://www.ascassociation.org/ASCA/GovtAdvocacy/GovernmentAffairsUpdate/June2012/GovernmentAffairsUpdateJune282012/

The United States Supreme Court today upheld the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA's) requirement that individuals be required to have health insurance or face financial penalties while striking down the law’s requirement that states must expand their Medicaid programs or face federal funding consequences.

While neither of these rulings directly impacts the day-to-day operations of ASCs, the law’s transformation of the health care insurance marketplace has the power to affect ASCs for years to come.  ASCA will work at the state level and with the federal government to ensure that the law is implemented in a way that allows ASCs to remain as an efficient, high quality alterative for patients to receive outpatient care. 


Additionally the ruling leaves in place several provisions of the law that affect ASCs directly.  A summary of these provisions follow.

• Productivity Adjustment - ASCs, and other providers, will continue to see their Medicare Updates reduced each year by a productivity reduction mandated in the ACA. ASCA will continue to fight for adequate ASC reimbursement and for ASCs to be updated at the same rate as HOPDs.

• Colorectal Cancer Screening Cost Sharing Waiver - The waiver of Medicare beneficiary cost sharing (deductable and co-pay) that became effective for colorectal cancer screenings under the law will continue. This provision may incentivize more patients to have a colorectal cancer screening, which would be favorable to ASCs, since they are the lower cost provider of this service.  

• Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) - The IPAB, created by the ACA, will remain operational. The board, consisting of fifteen unelected officials appointed by the President, is tasked with reining in Medicare’s costs beginning in 2014 by recommending specific Medicare reductions that will keep Medicare spending in line with pre-set spending targets. Because certain providers such as hospitals are exempt from the cuts until 2018, and because benefits cannot be targeted for cuts, the IPAB would by necessity have to target ASCs, physicians, drug manufacturers and nursing homes for reductions in order to meet their targets. ASCA has previously endorsed legislation to repeal IPAB.

• Medicare ACOs - The Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program established by the ACA will continue. Under the Medicare ACO program, health care providers are allowed to voluntarily form ACOs with the goal of reducing costs while providing high quality care. If these ACOs can generate savings while meeting quality targets, they share in the savings generated. ACOs are in the process of forming and their impact on ASCs remains to be determined.

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) - The CMMI created under the ACA will continue its work investigating innovative payment and delivery system models that have the potential to reduce Medicare and Medicaid costs. The CMMI is in the initial phase of establishing these Medicare payment pilots. ASCA has been working with CMMI and evaluating the possibility of establishing a pilot to pay ASCs for performing total joint procedures on Medicare beneficiaries. 

Electronic Medical Records Now Available For Paramedics!

We know that Electronic Medical Records are the new staple in many hospitals and physician's offices but now they are extending further to Paramedics and Ambulatory services. Research leading to extension of electronic medical records to the ambulance was supported by grants from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security.


This allows emergency services providers to make decisions based on previous medical history and make the appropriate decisions for care and location for treatment.


"Electronic medical record technology has been widely recognized for its role in improving quality of care, increasing efficiency of health care delivery, preventing medical errors and enhancing patient safety," said Regenstrief Institute investigator John T. Finnell, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine and director of health informatics at the IU School of Informatics, who developed the link between electronic medical records and emergency treatment in the field. 


Although the technology has not spread across the country yet, we are certain that it will soon! 

Monitoring Your Family's Health!

Don't you wish you could monitor a sick or elderly family member's health care on a daily basis? A parent across the country with Cancer, a grandparent in a nursing home or ailing family member under the care of a home care professional.


We wish we could be there every waking moment for those we care about but life keeps us busy working, often to support the family member we worry about. 


Kiran Kundagi, the creator of Nclave, a website that lets patients and their family members monitor their health online and share that information within small, controlled networks had this same conflict. Working miles away from his Cancer stricken Mother, he decided to do something. A former employee of Intel and Computer Science specialist, he decided to build a community that allows a group of users to better coordinate the care of a loved one — whether they want to monitor doctors’ appointments, medication schedules or simply see how the patient is doing


“A solution that leverages family relationships to enhance emotional wellness and allows family care-givers to assist their seniors remotely to monitor health, nutrition and medication compliance at home is a $2.5B opportunity in (the) U.S. alone,” he writes.


We are excited that health care is moving into the social stratosphere and look forward to all the possibilities in the future!

How eVillages are Stabilizing Underserved Regions

The Robert F. Kennedy Center and Physicians Interactive launched Health eVillages (pronounced “healthy villages”) to arm doctors in underserved regions with inexpensive phones and high-powered diagnosis tools. The program will deliver those doctors and healthcare workers with new and refurbished mobile devices preloaded with clinical decision support reference tools like drug guides, medical alerts, journal summaries and references pulled from Skyscape, a medical reference app company.

How Mobile Phones Are Repairing India’s Broken Healthcare System

Though India officially calls healthcare a right for all citizens, doctor and staff absenteeism from public medical facilities prevents many citizens from accessing their legally-entitled care.

Now, one non-profit has created a system that uses mobile phones to check up on healthcare workers’ attendance.

The Indo-Deutch Project Management Society (IDPMS) tracks SMS messages reporting staff absences sent by local patients, and maps the regions and facilities where absenteeism is prevalent. These maps are then made available to locals and policymakers.

“Technology presents great potential to influence the flow of information,” says Oscar Abello, senior program associate at the Results for Development Institute, which created the IDPMS video. “Information used to be spread by the country or the state. People can now start from the ground level to create a feedback loop, so the government can finally be held accountable.”

View Entire Article and Video: http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/mobile-health-accountability-india/

Tempted to Be Your Own Doctor? Think Twice

Have you ever felt a pain or something was off balance in your body and the first thing you did was reach for a device capable of allowing you to google your discomfort? According to a 2011 Pew study, 80% of Internet users look for health information online, making medical inquiries the third most popular web-based pursuit, following only email and search engine use.

Top health information searches involve food safety or recalls (29%), drug safety or recalls (24%) or pregnancy and childbirth (19%). Top symptom-related searches involve information about a specific disease or medical problem (66%), medical treatment or procedures (56%) or doctors or other health professionals (44%).

These investigations can bring both anxiety and relief. Sometimes in our busy day to day lives we feel as though we don't have the time for a doctor's appointment unless it was well planned or urgent. It is important to remember that not only is the Internet accessible to Physicians and Health care professionals but it is also open to patients and individuals who have not studied medicine to give a sound diagnosis or suggestion for treatment in your case.

Yes, the available information on the Web is helpful and has proven in some cases to be life-saving with stories like San Diego Padres pitcher Tim Stauffer’s 2010 medical emergency. Upon suffering abdominal pain, Stauffer researched his symptoms on the web via his iPhone and correctly diagnosed his condition as appendicitis. He was transported to the hospital, where doctors removed his appendix in a routine surgery.

The Facts

Nottingham University’s department of pediatrics released a 2010 study that evaluated the reliability and accuracy of health information accessed via the web. Researchers sought advice for five common pediatric questions and analyzed the first 100 search results for each inquiry. Of the 500 total sites, 39% contained correct information, 11% were incorrect and a whopping 49% failed to answer the question. Among the sites that supplied an answer, 78% gave the correct information, but consistency varied by type of medical query.

In general, the study found that the most reliable information came from government websites, and that 55% of news sites supplied correct advice. But none of the sponsored websites that researchers encountered provided accurate medical information.


Conclusion

The Web is a wonderful place to educate yourself on your body and health care information but remember to take these opinions as just that, opinions. If you want to be sure that you are receiving the proper diagnosis for whatever issue or answer to whatever questions you may have, contact your physician.


Based on: http://mashable.com/2012/06/15/online-medical-searches/

Are you up to date on healthcare reform?

The Court has a lot on its plate, as it will explore three primary issues related to the healthcare reform law:

• The so-called “individual mandate,” which requires most citizens and legal residents to maintain health insurance or pay a financial penalty, beginning in 2014. (Those who fail to meet certain minimum income levels will qualify for federal subsidies.) The federal government maintains it has the authority to require U.S. citizens to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty, under the Constitution’s “commerce clause.” But challengers (which, in the Supreme Court case, is a consortium of 26 states) argue that the government lacks the constitutional authority to require citizens to buy a product from a private entity. If the Court rules that the individual mandate is unconstitutional, it will then determine whether the rest of the ACA must be overturned, or whether it can stand without the mandate.

• The expansion of the Medicaid program to all citizens and certain legal residents with incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty level. The Court has been asked to decide whether the law’s Medicaid expansion is constitutional, and whether the federal government has the right to cut off state funding for non-compliance.

• The potential application of the Anti-Injunction Act, a federal statute dating from 1867, which generally provides that statutes that impose penalties may be challenged in litigation only when the penalties are actually imposed. At least one federal appeals court relied on this Act in declining to rule on the constitutionality of the individual mandate at this time. Should the Court conclude that the Anti-Injunction Act applies, any claims involving the constitutionality of the mandate could be delayed until 2015, when the first penalties are scheduled to kick in.

Great Article on how GPO's are critical to cost reduction in the Healthcare field!

VIA : http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hospital-spending-meets-patient-outcomes

Healthcare Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) – which are comprised of large hospital systems (IDNs) and individual hospitals; urban and rural – influence a majority of the dollars spent in the US healthcare market. Due to their unique position, GPOs are under increased pressure in today’s business and political climate to reduce healthcare costs and improve the visibility of their supplier selection and sourcing process.
In their simplest form, GPOs are committed to negotiating for the highest quality products at the lowest possible price without compromising on patient outcomes. One of the basic strategies for securing the lowest possible price from healthcare suppliers is to force as much volume to the contracted supplier as possible.
Beyond negotiating the lowest price, GPOs must also monitor contract compliance to ensure their members and vendors behave as promised. Finally, GPOs must go deep into analytics to identify opportunities to save money while maintaining and improving patient outcomes.

Contract Compliance: Critical for Cost Reduction
There are many reasons a member might buy a necessary item “off contract” and source outside the already researched and preapproved vendors. However, that decision can be costly for a hospital. For example, purchasing a single pacemaker off-contract may cost as much as $700 more than buying one from a vendor under contract – a tough pill to swallow in today’s budget-conscious healthcare environment.
For healthcare procurement executives looking to bring in costs and improve compliance, a new trend is arising. GPO executives are now deploying spends analysis more regularly to gain better visibility into areas of savings leakage, align physician supply preferences with patient outcomes and improve compliance tracking.

Spend Analysis: Key to Compliance and Cost Containment
Spend analysis is a technology enabled process that collects, cleanses, classifies and analyzes expenditure data with the objective of monitoring compliance, improving visibility, and identifying cost savings opportunities.
There are three core areas of spend analysis – visibility, analysis and execution. By leveraging all three, companies can answer crucial questions affecting their spending behavior, including:
• How are we spending our budget?
• Which supplies are we spending our budget with?
• Am I getting what has been promised?
• Are their functional equivalents supplies that can reduce costs?
Hospitals and GPOs have a wealth of information to use in the spend analysis process, including GPO contracts, commitments, purchase history, invoices, vendor data and most importantly, supply, physician and procedure level patient outcome data.

Realized Savings: Improved Patient Outcomes
Using spend analysis, GPOs actively monitor compliance and improve patient outcomes with existing agreements by analyzing pricing, allowing members to quickly address missed savings opportunities and identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes with less costly functional equivalent. GPOs can conduct spend analysis at a detailed level, often at individual facilities to ensure that compliance is monitored at all levels where purchasing activities take place. The spend analysis process cross-validates purchasing behavior with the contract terms to make sure that members and vendors are complying with contracts.
Spend analysis allows GPOs to enrich their spend data with outside information (market data, physician preferences, patient outcome data, etc.) to confirm that a contract is still providing value and to identify less expensive, more effective supply alternatives.
As one GPO Executive put it, “We know that if a member buys on contract, it’s saving on average 10 percent from current costs. Spend analysis gives us detailed visibility into network-wide spending and its comprehensive compliance analytics are essential to our ability to help our members achieve those savings, day in and day out without compromising patient outcomes.”
One compelling example is illustrated by the experience of a large hospital network which already had strong controls and processes in place. Using spend analysis, they recently identified $2 million in savings by tracking overpayments made in the last eight months. The member was very disciplined and surprised to learn, through this extra visibility, that they were throwing money away.
“When you have a network like GPOs do—with tens of millions of line items and many prices and contracts changing on a monthly basis—even small reductions lead to millions in savings,” said a GPO Executive.
“The visibility provided by spend analysis benefits members by helping both GPOs and their members track changes and preventing overpayment.”

Medical Waste Made Easy

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