FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 12, 2015
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Medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape cost the U.S. economy approximately $471 billion
Administrative work consumes one-sixth of U.S. physicians’ time and erodes their morale, researchers say
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 23, 2014
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The average U.S. doctor spends 16.6 percent of his or her working hours on non-patient-related
Psychiatrist appointments hard to get, even for insured: Psychiatric Services study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 15, 2014
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Obtaining access to private outpatient psychiatric care in the Boston, Chicago and Houston metropolitan areas
Bureaucracy consumes one-quarter of US hospitals’ budgets, twice as much as in other nations: Health Affairs study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 8, 2014
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A study of hospital administrative costs in eight nations published today in the September issue of Health Affairs finds that hospital bureaucracy
For-profit home care agencies cost Medicare billions extra, yet provide worse care: Health Affairs study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Aug. 4, 2014
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For-profit home health agencies are far costlier for Medicare than nonprofit agencies, according
More than 7,100 deaths likely from states’ rejection of Medicaid expansion: Health Affairs Blog
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 30, 2014
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The decision by 25 states to reject the expansion of Medicaid coverage under the