Tag: western-maryland-health-system
What the NY Times Missed In Its Praise of Maryland Healthcare
August 29th, 2013by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
The NY Times on Wednesday published a much needed and fairly adulatory story about the Maryland healthcare system, focusing much of its praise on Western Maryland Health System – a long time MEP partner. The story rightly pointed out two key differences between Maryland’s healthcare system and all the other states. One is the “Total […]
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What is observation care? Clearing up common misperceptions
February 7th, 2013by: Dr. Robbin Dick
To treat observation care as simply a loophole that allows hospitals to avoid the Medicare penalties from readmissions — as Brad Wright, an assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Iowa did earlier this month on KevinMD.com — is to take a short-sighted approach to a complex health issue. Observation care in […]
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