A recent CNN report has highlighted the 24.4% cut Medicare doctors are going to face in their reimbursements from January 1, 2014. This is much higher than the 2% reduction in 2013. This scheduled cut is determined by targets set under the Sustainable Growth Rate...
It is expected that total health care spending in the United States will reach $4.8 trillion or nearly 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2021. Increasing health care costs are straining family and government budgets. While medical billing companies and...
Americans are paying much more for health care services than the average residents in most other developed countries. Infographics published by TIME Magazine recently gives a clear insight into the disproportionate rise in U.S. healthcare spending which is not...
Doctors can make mistakes, especially when they’re rushed. A March 2013 study by Dr. Hardeep Singh representing Houston Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety arrived at this conclusion based on a study of 68 such cases in...
Pre-existing condition exclusion signifies a limitation or exclusion of benefits for a health condition on the grounds that it was present before the coverage begins irrespective of whether any diagnosis, medical advice, care or treatment was recommended or received...
