Three Large-Scale Changes To The Medicare Program Could Curb Its Costs But Also Reduce Enrollment

Hospital Costs and the Medicare Program

Neveral cau8ea may explain the rapid acccleration in hospital costs with the advent of dfedicure and Medicaid. To sort out the influence of these separate faotors, thi.9 article presents certain types of evidence of ho8pitaJ coat inflation in the flr8t 2 years of Medicare: overall trend8 in ho8pitaZ revenue8 and expenses, labor and capital components of cost inflation, trend8 in individual hosp...

Tutor-Less Problem-Based Learning in a Large Classroom Setting—Could It Also Save Costs?

Klegeris et al. (2013) are to be congratulated for adding another important piece to our knowledge of how problembased learning (PBL) can be implemented. As the debate about PBL is less about whether it works and more about what forms of it work, studies such as this will become more important. However, the authors miss one vital outcome measure of the research—that of cost. One of the major cr...

Improving Learning & Reducing Costs : Redesigning Large - Enrollment Courses

The first three years of PPS: impact on Medicare costs.

Medicare enrollment in health maintenance organizations

The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) of 1982 (Public Law 97-248) provided new incentives for health maintenance organizations (HMO's) to enroll Medicare beneficiaries on an at-risk basis. TEFRA provisions encouraging HMO participation in Medicare on an at-risk basis sought to further the goals of promoting competition and cost effectiveness, and providing greater beneficiary cho...