Browsing: Health policy

Large claims data indicates large upticks in guidelines-concordant supplemental ultrasonography for women noted to have dense breast on screening mammography…

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is a good time to reflect on our Founding Fathers’ view of…

This analysis reports international reference pricing–where Medicare pays no more than comparable nations do–could dramatically out-save current Medicare negotiations for…

This provocative report of data from over 3 million commercially insured U.S. patients with cancer between 2007–2020 reveals states opening…

An analysis of over 840,000 cancer surgeries performed 2005-2019 suggests the number of annual cases needed to achieve benchmark 30-day…

A Medicare claims data analysis comes to a counterintuitive conclusion that participation in a telehealth appointment within a 90-day radiotherapy…

Confirmatory testing (i.e., MRI, repeat biopsy, or genomics within 6–12 months to rule out more aggressive disease) is a linchpin…

Forget radiation deserts, this editorial rings alarm bells on how the more than $900B cut from Medicaid in the One…

Medicare Advantage plans love to deny advanced radiation techniques. A cross sectional study of 2018 Medicare claims revealed significantly lower…

A detailed review of Medicare claims data from 2016-2022 offers a clear explanation for declining reimbursements in radiation oncology. While…