A new study from the “UCLA Center for Health Policy Research” reports that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may lead to considerable increase in the use of emergency rooms (ER) and hospitalizations for previously uninsured...
One of the major advantages of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is its potential to reduce the total healthcare cost partly by cutting down the number of emergency room (ER) visits by patients with less-than-urgent needs. Earlier, the advocates of Obamacare asserted that...
Nowadays, healthcare cost is surging considerably in the United States. It is quite evident from the fact that most patients need to contribute a good amount of money towards their Medicare payments. While considering employees with health insurance coverage, many...
The main objective behind the federal government’s initiative to provide incentives to push hospitals and physicians to use electronic health records (EHR) was to improve efficiency and patient safety thereby reducing total healthcare costs. Inappropriate use of...