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New International Health Survey of Sicker Adults: Those with a Medical Home Fare Better
Chronically and seriously ill adults who received care from a medical home—an accessible primary care practice that helps coordinate care—were less likely to report medical errors, test duplication, and other care coordination failures, according...
Insured And Still At Risk: Number of Underinsured Increased 80 Percent Between 2003 – 2010
The number of underinsured adults—those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes—rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study...
Study Indicates Big Gap Exists on Health Care Spending Between Latinos And Whites
New research out of UCLA has found that Latinos living in the United States — particularly those who were born outside the country — are far less likely to spend for health care and are more likely to pay out-of-pocket when they do spend than the...
More Money Does Not Necessarily Mean Better Health
A new study from George Mason University and the Urban Institute reveals that greater spending on medical services means better overall health for Medicare participants. Health Administration and Policy Professor Jack Hadley and his co-authors, Urban...
Health Reform to Make Health Insurance Affordable for Nearly All Families
Ninety percent of American families living above the federal poverty level will be able to afford health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The report finds that new subsidies available through health...
Texas Hospital Group Agrees to Pay $27.5m to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
A hospital group based in McAllen, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $27.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute between 1999 and 2006, by paying illegal compensation to...
High Cost of Care And Inadequate Insurance Leading More Adults to Delay Or Avoid Getting Treatment
The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to recent survey findings from The Commonwealth...
U.S. Patients Made an Estimated 1.1 Billion Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient And Emergency Departments in 2006
Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006, an average of four visits per person per year, according to new health care statistics released today by...
