Monthly Archives: April 2012

  Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are a type of payment and healthcare delivery system that bases reimbursement on quality of care.  A group of healthcare providers form an ACO to provide care to a group of patients.  According to CMS … Continue reading →

In my recent hospital stay due to appendicitis, I was able to view certain aspects of “hospital life” through the eyes of a patient.  As a patient we put our trust (and our lives) into the hands of the doctors … Continue reading →

For those planning to begin working in the health care field in the next few years, what is the outlook? Will there be jobs? Where exactly will the jobs be? Yes, there will be jobs in Healthcare because the field is expected to grow … Continue reading →

A recurring theme in health care is change.  One very small facet to medicine is reporting clinical services to insurance payers.   As medical science advances so must the means of describing it and reporting it for payment.  We know that … Continue reading →

In a prestigious field, such as medicine, the doctors and surgeons that help us to stay healthy have one of the highest compensated jobs in America.  But in most fields of work, males are more highly compensated for their work than … Continue reading →

For a patient receiving treatment for a serious illness, such as cancer, often there is more frustration in figuring out how to coordinate all their own care at different facilities than there is with the illness itself. I have a … Continue reading →

  ICD 10 CM represents the biggest change to the code set used to describe illnesses in individuals and its implementation into US healthcare has been talked about for the past 10 years.  As mentioned in a previous post The … Continue reading →

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the average life span is expected to increase by 10 years by the year 2050 (2003, CDC link below). Here are some statistics from the CDC regarding the increase in proportion of … Continue reading →

There are many prominent figures in the health care industry.  Doctors, nurses, surgeons, physical therapists, etc.  They may be what makes the world of health care go round, but who also helps to keep the ball rolling?  If you have … Continue reading →