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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Cardiovascular outcomes after a change in prescription policy for clopidogrel.

21 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Drug-reimbursement policies may have an adverse effect on patient outcomes if they interfere with timely access to efficacious medications for acute medical conditions. Clopidogrel in combination with aspirin is the recommended standard ... Read more...

Potential barriers to HPV vaccine provision among medical practices in an area with high rates of cervical cancer.

29 Sep 2008 PURPOSE: Potential barriers to widespread vaccination of adolescent girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are poorly understood. We provide an overview of potential barriers to provision of HPV vaccine and empirical data on the ... Read more...

The devil is in the details: maximizing revenue for daily trauma care.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Falling reimbursement rates for trauma care demand a concerted effort of charge capture for the fiscal survival of trauma surgeons. We compared current procedure terminology code distribution and billing patterns for Subsequent Hospital ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance, Health, Reimbursement'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Reimbursement for patient and family meetings and the costs of care at the end of life. 10 Nov 2008
• Cardiovascular outcomes after a change in prescription policy for clopidogrel. 21 Oct 2008
• Potential barriers to HPV vaccine provision among medical practices in an area with high rates of cervical cancer. 29 Sep 2008
• The devil is in the details: maximizing revenue for daily trauma care. 29 Sep 2008
• Medicare Advantage's private fee-for-service plans: paying for coordinated care without the coordination. 29 Sep 2008
• Medicare Program; termination of non-random prepayment complex medical review. Final rule. 24 Sep 2008
• No place like home--testing a new model of care delivery. 16 Sep 2008
• Building a medical neighborhood for the medical home. 16 Sep 2008
• Breast reduction: does the tumescent technique affect reimbursement? 30 Aug 2008
• A study on the economic impact of bariatric surgery. 30 Aug 2008
• Another yearly epidemic. 30 Aug 2008
• Medicare GPCIs, the GEM coalition, and KMA. 30 Aug 2008
• Disaster averted, for now. 30 Aug 2008
• The need to test the patient-centered medical home. 18 Aug 2008
• How to get paid. Learn the latest tactics for fighting back against third payers. 13 Aug 2008
• Real money: complications and hospital costs in trauma patients. 30 Jul 2008
• National trends in psychotherapy by office-based psychiatrists. 30 Jul 2008
• Are you ready for a Medicare audit? 30 Jul 2008
• Collect these data to assess nursing quality. 30 Jul 2008
• Oncology reimbursement overview: drug purchasing arrangements and profitability. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Insurance, Health, Reimbursement'

Definition: Payment by a third-party payer in a sum equal to the amount expended by a health care provider or facility for health services rendered to an insured or program beneficiary. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

Descriptor UI: D007349

Alternative terms: Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Reimbursement, Health Insurance; Third-Party Payments; Payment, Third-Party; Payments, Third-Party; Third Party Payments; Third-Party Payment; Health Insurance Reimbursement; Health Insurance Reimbursements; Insurance Reimbursement, Health; Insurance Reimbursements, Health; Reimbursements, Health Insurance; Third-Party Payers; Payer, Third-Party; Payers, Third-Party; Third Party Payers; Third-Party Payer;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.480; N03.219.521.710;

History Note: 82 (Aug 77); was see under INSURANCE, HEALTH Aug 77-81

Technical Notes: specify geog if possible