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Patient
Medical Resources
Physician
Office Resources
Issues
Affecting Our Healthcare
Malpractice
Reimbursement
for Physicians
Medicare Cuts & Private Insurance
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to Ethical Partnership
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Dawn Lipthrott, LCSW
Ethical Health Partnerships
1177 Louisiana Ave. #212
Winter Park, FL 32789
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Updated
11-20-05
Patient Medical
Resources:
Page
of LINKS on SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Links for fact sheets, information on treatment, and other resources
on STDs.
Page
of LINKS on PAIN MANAGEMENT
Links for help with chronic pain as well as cancer pain, medications,
and other non-drug management helps. Suggestions of self-care.
Pain Management guidelines.
Page
of links on END-OF-LIFE --
deathy and dying -- issues:
Includes links to advance directives site to obtain forms specific
to your state. Links to article on meaning, assessment, models
of care, taking a self-inventory and more.
Page
of links on HEALTH POLICY RESOURCES -- Institutes and Policy programs on healthcare
issues and reform.
Malpractice Resources:
The Forgotten Third: Liability
Insurance and the Medical Malpractice Crisis
A must read for understanding factors that contribute to the
crisis and future directions for malpractice reform. Written
by William Sage, a physician and professor of law Columbia School
or Law. You can download the full article.
Reimbursement for Physicians and
Proposed Medicare Cuts:
Submission to the House Ways &
Means Committee Hearing on the Proposed Medicare Cuts in Physician
Reimbursement
Submission to the House Ways &
Means Committee Hearing on the Pay-for-Performane Proposal
Take Action:
House
Bill 4078
Filed October, 2005 by Rep.
Norwood of Georgia (19 co-sponsors), this bill prevents cuts
in Medicare reimbursement and proposes replacing the flawed SGR
formula with the MEI (Medicare Economic Index) which is more
predictable and recognizes inflation & practice costs. Text
of Bill HR 4078
(If you have trouble accessing
Bill, click here and enter Bill number)
In addition to stop the planned
Medicare cuts that will affect all doctors who treat adults of
any age, I came across a newer bill to Reduce Lawsuit
Abuse Reduction Act. (Text
of Bill
(If you have trouble accessing
Bill, click here and enter Bill number)
Blog for Ethical Health Partnerships:
11-20-05 Give Thanks for Doctors
- They Need It :
Discusses administration comments about planned Medicare cuts
in payment to physicians.
10-19-05 Patient Safety Success
- We Need More:
Discusses improvements in patient safety ICU through the Keystone
Project, organized by Michigan Health and Hospital Association
and Johns Hopkins University Quality and Safety Research Group.
Good example of significant improvements that can be made with
committed focus.
As always, I welcome your constructive
comments and suggestions about the material on this website and
how we can all be most effective in co-creating the kind of healthcare
system we all want. E-mail me at ideas@ethicalhealthpartnerships.org
© Dawn Lipthrott,
Ethical Health Partnerships, 2005 www.ethicalhealthpartnerships.org
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