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Impact of an Intensive Primary Care Service on Health Services Utilization in a High-Utilizer Patient Population [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To measure the impact on healthcare system utilization of an intensive primary care (IPC) service from 2019 through 2022. Setting: Safety net hospital/clinic system in Fort Worth, Texas. Population: 143 patients with 2+ hospital admissions or 4+ emergency department (ED) visits for medical indications in 6 months.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. 2019 Mar;20(2):409-418. Epub 2019 Feb 19. 2019 May;20(3):537. 2019 Jul;20(4):688-689. West J Emerg Med. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.1.41344. 2019.1.41344.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. Pediatr Radiol 2019; 49:240. 2019 Mar;20(2):409-418. 2019 Mar;20(2):409-418. Epub 2019 Feb 19. 2019 May;20(3):537. 2019 Jul;20(4):688-689. West J Emerg Med.

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Approaches for Quelling Stigma related to COVID-19

BMJ

Associate Professor & Dr. Longtao He, Research Institute of Social Development, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China. 8 For example, prestigious medical schools and hospitals could use official WeChat accounts to share information and news with the general public. J I AIDS Soc 2020;23(5): e25504.

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Debating the pros and cons of Medicare for All

The Health Policy Exchange

At current payment rates, implementation of Medicare for All could cause substantial financial difficulties for hospitals. A 2019 RAND study estimated that total national health expenditures under a Medicare for All plan would increase by only 1.8%, from $3.82 health care bill. trillion annually.

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Kerala resident doctors’ strike: a must win movement for the doctors and patients

Tiny Physician

As Government medical colleges are the only hope for a major section of the society who can’t afford the bills of corporate hospitals, the crowd at medical colleges is almost always unmanageable with the current strength of doctors. In 2019, after a token protest by KMPGA, Mrs. K K Shailaja (then health minister) agreed to this hike annually.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

FDA Law Blog

A May 2019 CMS final rule that would have required drug TV advertisements to disclose the WAC of the drug was challenged by a group of pharmaceutical companies and vacated on statutory grounds by the D.C. Other legislative proposals included improving supply chain transparency.