Week in Review: Care Coordination Cost Savings, Diabetes Care Quality, and More
Without ACA Guarantees, 52 Million Adults Could Have Trouble Buying Individual Plans
According to a recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 1 in 4 adults younger than 65 live with conditions that private insurers could have declined to cover in some policies prior to the Affordable Care Act.
Care Coordination Must Balance Cost Savings With Care Quality
In a recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, J Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD, identified issues with current care coordination strategies and provided insight into how these issues can be resolved.
PCP Patient Volume Linked to Diabetes Care Quality
According to recent research in Annals of Internal Medicine, primary care physicians (PCPs) with busier ambulatory patient practices delivered lower-quality diabetes care compared to those with high diabetes-specific patient volume.
Study: Population-Based Skin Cancer Screening Cost-Effective
Recent research in Jama Dermatology found that a one-time total-body skin examination among the general population is the most cost-effective strategy, and is predicted to result in a reduction of skin cancer mortality.
