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Ticks Are Now Widespread in Vermont, and Half Carry Lyme

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VPR – Quotes Jeffrey Parsonnet, professor of medicine, on the high incidence of Lyme disease in ticks found in Vermont. “It has to do with environment and exposure to ticks,” says Parsonnet. “There’s not a lot of Lyme disease in Manhattan. But when people are living in rural areas, as we are, and as the tick and the infected ticks become more prevalent, that’s a setup for a high incidence of Lyme.”

Balancing Goals in The MSSP: Consider Variable Savings Rates

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Health Affairs Blog – A blog post written by Carrie Colla, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel; Elliott Fisher, director and professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel; Scott Heiser, policy analyst; and Emily Tierny, health policy fellow. In the post, they examine the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ recent changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, and accountable care organization’s (ACO) concerns about how the financial targets, which determine whether an ACO is successful at saving or guilty of overspending, are determined under the new requirements.

Doctors Don’t Actually Know How Often You Should See Them

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Washington Post – Article references research conducted at Dartmouth, which suggests that the timing of follow-up visits to a doctor varies, and have tended to fall under the art, rather than the science, of medicine. The study found that patients tend to have more visits per year if they are sicker, but also if they live in an area with more doctors or with doctors who tend to ask patients to come in more often, even when adjusting for factors such as health status.

Sometimes Data Can Get You Only So Far

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VT Digger – In this opinion piece, Paul Manganiello, emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology and current student at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, discusses his internship experience working with a gun safety advocacy group in Vermont.

MTV generation faces a rude retirement wake-up call

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MSN Money (via Main Street) – References the recent study on the state of Social Security by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, and Harvard researchers, which forecasts that Social Security funds will be depleted by 2033. The article states that Generation X, whose ages range from 35 – 50 years old, may not benefit from the program.

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