August 2019, Volume XXXIIi, No 5
Reference-Based Pricing
Insuring cost transparency and a private medical marketplace
On April 28, “…the Washington State legislature passed a bill to create standardized [public] health plans…The hallmark of these new plans, and the foundation of their claim to the title ‘public,’ is they are required to cap provider reimbursements at Medicare-based levels [emphasis added] (Health Affairs, May 1, 2019).”
August 2019, Volume XXXIIi, No 5
interview
Helping older adults reach their recovery goals
Ellie Skelton, MA
Touchstone Mental Health
cover story One
Reference-Based Pricing: Insuring cost transparency and a private medical marketplace
By Dave Racer, MLitt, and Greg Dattilo, CEBS
On April 28, “…the Washington State legislature passed a bill to create standardized [public] health plans…The hallmark of these new plans, and the foundation of their claim to the title ‘public,’ is they are required to cap provider reimbursements at Medicare-based levels [emphasis added] (Health Affairs, May 1, 2019).”
cover story two
The Gender Health Program: Partnering with youth and families
By Angela Kade Goepferd, MD, FAAP
While nearly 3% of Minnesota high school students identify as gender diverse, many of them do not know where to turn when it comes to finding culturally sensitive, gender-affirming care.
Medicine and the Law
Physician employment rights: A new legal landscape
By Lawrence P. Schaefer, JD
Employment laws matter more than ever for physicians, as practitioners move from smaller, private clinics and into salaried positions at large hospitals or HMOs.
Skin cancer: A gateway to earlier interventions
By Rebecca J. Morris, Phd, and Heuijoon Park, PhD
A significant number of skin cancers involve recruited cells from the bone marrow as well as from hair follicle stem cells, according to findings from 14 years of research by the authors and their collaborators around the country.
Oncology
An underutilized, superior screening tool: Low-dose CT scans for lung cancer
By Nancy Torrison and Manish R. Patel, DO
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in men and women and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
Multidisciplinary tumor conferences: A surgeon’s perspective
By Kamrun Jenabzadeh, MD, FACS
Cancer is a complex diagnosis, with more treatment opportunities than ever before.
Minnesota health care roundtable
Social Disparities in Health Care: Correcting the curve
In this Roundtable we discuss social risk factors in health care and what can be done to address them. It clearly costs more to serve populations with social risk factors in the emergency room than to provide them easy access to regular wellness check-ups and preventive care.
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