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Research Roundup: Surgeons And Supply Costs; Medicaid And Dental Needs; HIV DiagnosisEach week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.JAMA Surgery:Association Between Surgeon Scorecard Use And Operating Room CostsQuestion: What is the associati yeti canada on between providing surgeons with individualized cost feedback and surgical supply costs Findings: In this case-control study, surgeons in the intervention group received cost feedback scorecards during the study period, while those in the control group did not. The media stanley butelka n surgical supply direct costs per case decreased 6.54% in the intervention group compared with a 7.42% increase in the control group. Zygourakis et al., 12/7 Health Affairs:After M hydro flask cup edicaid Expansion In Kentucky, Use Of Hospital Emergency Departments For Dental Conditions IncreasedFollowing the 2014 expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Kentucky, millions of adults became eligible to receive dental benefits. ... Based on our analysis of data for Kentucky from the State Emergency Department Databases, we found that the rate of discharges for these conditions from the [emergency departments] ED increased significantly, from 1,833 per 100,000 population in 2013 to 5,635 in 2014. Adults covered by Medicaid who used the ED for treatment of oral health conditions in 2014 had high levels of chronic comorbidities and were more likely to be male and nonwhite than those in earlier years. To avoid costly and inappropriate use of the ED, st Hiqk Popularity of Boutique Medicine Growing, But Practice Remains Small
Friday, Jun 12 2009Congress Clears Tobacco Bill For President SignatureThe House of Representatives today voted by a 3-to-1 margin to pass聽a bill approved聽by the Senate yesterday. The measure聽gives the federal government sweeping new powers to regulate tobacco, reports the Washington Post.聽 President Obama hailed the bipartisan votes in Congress on the bill, which he said truly defines change in Washington. He said he looks forward to signing it into law. The legislation gives the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the advertising, marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products. It comes 50 years after the surgeon general first warned about the health effects of tobacco Layton, 6/12 . Business Week聽reports on a specific element of聽the聽Food and Drug Adminstration s looming oversight聽that is causing the tobacco industry聽concern. It reports that though one big cigarette maker, Altria, supported the move generally, new rules on nike air max warning labels on packs aren t sitting so well. The bill...聽will put a new clamp on many elements of the business, from regulating health claims to empowering the FDA to require changes in ingredients if they deem them necessary. But one of the more contentious parts of the new law may be its provision for starker warning labels. The final version of the legislation m stanley cup andates changes in the cigarette p owala website ackage labeling.聽 David Sylvia, a spokesman for Altria s Philip Morris USA business, argues labeling would be be
Research Roundup: Surgeons And Supply Costs; Medicaid And Dental Needs; HIV DiagnosisEach week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.JAMA Surgery:Association Between Surgeon Scorecard Use And Operating Room CostsQuestion: What is the associati yeti canada on between providing surgeons with individualized cost feedback and surgical supply costs Findings: In this case-control study, surgeons in the intervention group received cost feedback scorecards during the study period, while those in the control group did not. The media stanley butelka n surgical supply direct costs per case decreased 6.54% in the intervention group compared with a 7.42% increase in the control group. Zygourakis et al., 12/7 Health Affairs:After M hydro flask cup edicaid Expansion In Kentucky, Use Of Hospital Emergency Departments For Dental Conditions IncreasedFollowing the 2014 expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Kentucky, millions of adults became eligible to receive dental benefits. ... Based on our analysis of data for Kentucky from the State Emergency Department Databases, we found that the rate of discharges for these conditions from the [emergency departments] ED increased significantly, from 1,833 per 100,000 population in 2013 to 5,635 in 2014. Adults covered by Medicaid who used the ED for treatment of oral health conditions in 2014 had high levels of chronic comorbidities and were more likely to be male and nonwhite than those in earlier years. To avoid costly and inappropriate use of the ED, st Hiqk Popularity of Boutique Medicine Growing, But Practice Remains Small
Friday, Jun 12 2009Congress Clears Tobacco Bill For President SignatureThe House of Representatives today voted by a 3-to-1 margin to pass聽a bill approved聽by the Senate yesterday. The measure聽gives the federal government sweeping new powers to regulate tobacco, reports the Washington Post.聽 President Obama hailed the bipartisan votes in Congress on the bill, which he said truly defines change in Washington. He said he looks forward to signing it into law. The legislation gives the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the advertising, marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products. It comes 50 years after the surgeon general first warned about the health effects of tobacco Layton, 6/12 . Business Week聽reports on a specific element of聽the聽Food and Drug Adminstration s looming oversight聽that is causing the tobacco industry聽concern. It reports that though one big cigarette maker, Altria, supported the move generally, new rules on nike air max warning labels on packs aren t sitting so well. The bill...聽will put a new clamp on many elements of the business, from regulating health claims to empowering the FDA to require changes in ingredients if they deem them necessary. But one of the more contentious parts of the new law may be its provision for starker warning labels. The final version of the legislation m stanley cup andates changes in the cigarette p owala website ackage labeling.聽 David Sylvia, a spokesman for Altria s Philip Morris USA business, argues labeling would be be
