Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：fashion 2025-09-30 14:08:42 - browse：3566

Two $1 bills stapled together to make the shape of a heart against a red background. -- health policy coverage from STAT — Adobe

WASHINGTON — Doctors lowered the incidence of heart disease and strokes among their patients when Medicare rewarded them for focusing on sicker patients, according to research of a pilot program released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The pilot program didn’t increase overall costs at all.

The five-year pilot program is one of many that Medicare has run since the Affordable Care Act created an office to test whether Medicare payment policies can influence doctors in ways that keep patients healthier. That Obama-era initiative has not worked out as well as was hoped, but the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model is one of the initiative’s bright spots.

Medicare paid doctors in the pilot program to assess the risk of heart problems, then Medicare paid them to focus on sicker patients. The pilot paid doctors more when they improved such measurements as blood pressure and cholesterol levels for sicker patients.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： ChatGPT in medicine: STAT answers readers' burning questions
Next article： White House drug czar issues call for 'recovery

focus

hotspot

WSS

Experimental asthma app from Apple and Anthem shows promise

Heart attack and stroke risk calculators need revising

FDA cancer chief on how to get things done: ‘Don’t tell anybody'

Hepatitis C has a cure — but many Americans still lack access to it

ChatGPT in medicine: STAT answers readers' burning questions

Healthy food access boosts outcomes in two studies

explore

Wikipedia

leisure time

Drug repurposing or repositioning? The language matters

In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2023

How one medical school became remarkably diverse

Jerome Adams on the need for new antivirals for Covid

23andMe had bad news about my health. I wish a person had delivered it

Over 800 arrested across France in 3rd night of riots after fatal police shooting of teen

Biden outlines 'new path' to provide student loan relief after Supreme Court rejection

After decades in use, heart stents finally beat placebo

Anesthesiologist group: stop taking Ozempic before surgery

Alkermes shareholders re

explore

Medical leaders decry Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

The high cost of giving birth even with insurance

Wildfire smoke exposes gaps in outdoor worker protections

After affirmative action ruling, medical educators look to 'holistic review'

After decades in use, heart stents finally beat placebo

Wildfire smoke exposes gaps in outdoor worker protections

focus

focus

hotspot

leisure time