MASCA Defends Free Enterprise in Administrative Rules Process
Small businesses needs a voice in the rule making process to ensure low cost, high quality health care in Missouri By: David M Jackson Attention to detail often becomes more central to success when dealing with an issue or idea, rather than a tangible product or service. Historic American Author Louis L’Amour said “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.” This can be applied to politics in the sense that many corporations, small businesses, and...
Read MoreAccountable Care Organizations, Explained
FROM URL: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/18/132937232/accountable-care-organizations-explained Accountable Care Organizations, Explained by JENNY GOLD text size A A A January 18, 2011 As the House begins debate today on an effort to repeal the health care law, we took a closer look at one of the provisions of the law that health care providers are talking about the most — accountable care organizations. ACOs take up only seven pages of the massive new health law but the idea has providers buzzing. ACOs are a...
Read MoreLINK – New Ways to Calculate the Risks of Surgery
Facing abdominal surgery for colon and uterine cancer, Kathleen Rivard listened last Thursday as Stuart Bussell, her surgeon at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, laid out the odds: a 1% risk of death, an 18% risk of a complication like an infection at the surgical incision site, and an 8% chance of a more serious complication like cardiac arrest. (FROM: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703422904575039110166900210.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsForth ) It wasn’t just an educated guess: Dr....
Read More“We Don’t Need No Stinking Balanced Budget!”
Carl Bearden You may recognize the quote from which the title of this blog was irreverently taken. Most people would incorrectly identify the quote from “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (actually used in “Blazing Saddles”), just as the federal government and many states incorrectly believe they don’t need a balanced budget. This is especially true in the bad times when many haughtily believe government spending is the answer to fiscal woes. California is perhaps the poster child for this type of...
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Q. Are ASCs subject to regulation? A. Yes, ASCs are some of the most highly regulated health care providers in the country. Medicare has certified 85 percent of the centers. All states except one require ASCs to be licensed. The Missouri Dept. of Health specifies the criteria that Missouri ASCs must meet for licensure. Both the state and Medicare survery ASCs regularly to verify that the established standards are being met. In addition to state and federal inspections, nearly all surgery centers choose to...
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