Al Dobson participated in an advisory board conference on July 1 in Bridgewater, New Jersey
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Al Dobson participated in an advisory board conference on July 1 in Bridgewater, New Jersey to discuss the potential fair market value and reimbursement structure for drug eluting stents.
Al Dobson delivered a presentation entitled, “Assessing Potential Medicare Savings from Implementing a Change in Payment for Selected Clinical Laboratory Services”
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Al Dobson delivered a presentation entitled, “Assessing Potential Medicare Savings from Implementing a Change in Payment for Selected Clinical Laboratory Services” at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Laboratory Public Meeting: Payment for New Clinical Laboratory Tests for 2010. He presented a study conducted by Dobson|DaVanzo that investigated the correlation between the rapid growth in utilization of a less reliable laboratory test and its higher reimbursement rate using publically available Medicare data. Dobson|DaVanzo found that Medicare savings would be substantial, and test accuracy would improve if payment policy were changed to incentivize the more reliable test. CMS implemented a version of this proposal.
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Joan DaVanzo and Steven Heath presented a poster at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting on June 28 in Chicago
Monday, June 29, 2009
The poster presented findings from a study completed in April that
examined the impact on the nursing home industry in Pennsylvania of
providing public financing for assisted living in addition to home and community based services.
Al Dobson delivered a presentation entitled "How Should Bundled Payments be Structured: Bundling from the Perspective of an Administrative Price Setter"
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Al Dobson delivered a presentation entitled "How Should Bundled
Payments be Structured: Bundling from the Perspective of an
Administrative Price Setter" at a conference on bundling
post-acute care at Georgetown University on June 24.
Al Dobson co-authored a Health Affairs article entitled "Measuring Efficiency: The Association Of Hospital Costs And Quality Of Care."
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The article compares hospitals' cost of care with their quality of service and attempts to find a correlation between the two. The authors found that hospitals with low risk adjusted costs were more likely to be for-profit, treat more Medicare patients, and employ fewer nurses.
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New Study: Worsening National Recession Severely Destabilizing Skilled Nursing Sector, Access to Needed Investment Capital Constricted
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Investment in Future Care Capacity Deferred, Seniors' Imminent Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Needs Placed in Jeopardy.
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