2013 The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen all adults 18 and over, including pregnant women, for alcohol misuse. Clinicians
Category: Healthcare
Not much is as important as health care and in America the debate rages on despite passage of the PPACA. What are the ongoing issues, what will be involved in implementing this massive legislation, what will change and what will not when it comes to health care?
Health care spending at a fifty year low?
2013 CBS News reports this: On a conference call with reporters, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the country has made strides in reducing medical costs,
Are health care costs going down, up or nowhere?
From the Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2013 Two new economic analyses suggest a recent slowdown in health-spending growth may reflect lasting change due to
IRS Releases 2014 Indexed Amounts for HSAs, HDHPs
On May 2, the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2013-25, which lists the 2014 indexed amounts, adjusted for inflation,
