The Boston Globe – Quotes Nancy Morden who says some medical societies choose to “list services they didn’t actually provide or services that were not likely to impact their revenue.” Morden is an associate professor of TDI, of Geisel, and an associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at Geisel.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
Medicare’s Flawed Adjustment Methodology Poor Way to Spend Billions
The methodology Medicare uses to adjust the billions of dollars it pays health plans and hospitals to account for how sick their patients are is flawed and should be replaced, according to a new study by Dartmouth investigators published in the journal BMJ that weighed the performance of Medicare’s methodology against alternatives.
U.S. Map Displays CMS Data on Medicare Doctor Payments
U.S. News & World Report – Mentions that a new government report that reveals physician billing practices could mirror Dartmouth Atlas data on geographic variations in health care spending.
Survey: Teen Binge Drinking Tied to Brand References in Music
New Hampshire Union Leader – Continued coverage of a study led by James Sargent and researchers at Pittsburgh University’s School of Medicine that found binge drinking by teenagers and young adults is strongly connected to listening to music that references branded alcohol.
Study: Music Is Just Advertisement for Alcohol Brands
The Atlantic – Continued coverage of a study led by James Sargent and researchers at Pittsburgh University’s School of Medicine that found binge drinking by teenagers and young adults is strongly connected to listening to music that references branded alcohol.
Medicare Pulls Back the Curtain on How Much It Pays Doctors
NPR – NPR’s Shots reports that new government data revealing how much Medicare pays physicians “could replicate on the physician level what the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has been doing for decades in showing variances in Medicare’s hospital spending.”
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs
The Wall Street Journal – Quotes Elliott Fisher on a new government report that reveals physician billing practices. Fisher is director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the James W. Squire Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs
The Wall Street Journal – Quotes Elliott Fisher on a new government report that reveals physician billing practices.
Why Listening to Rap Music Drives Teenagers to Drink
Daily Mail – An extensive story on a study led by James Sargent and researchers at Pittsburgh University’s School of Medicine that found binge drinking by teenagers and young adults is strongly connected to listening to music that references branded alcohol. Sargent is a professor of pediatrics, of community and family medicine, of TDI, and a co-director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Tobacco Marketing Reaches 1 in 10 Teens and 1 in 4 Young Adults
ANI via Business Standard – A story on a study led by Samir Soneji that discovered increased tobacco use in young adults is linked to exposure to direct marketing of tobacco products. Soneji is an assistant professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.