by VBPA Team | Dec 19, 2016 | Hospitals, News
Blog Trump’s Changes to Healthcare What will Trump be able to do to change and hopefully improve on the ACA? This writer suggests that Trump will open up the purchase of insurance over state lines, price transparency and many other things. He goes on to remind... 
by VBPA Team | Dec 1, 2016 | Diagnosis, Hospitals, Treatment
Blog “Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.” Johns Hopkins Medicine did this study, and was conducted over an 8-year period. The third leading cause of death equates to 250,000 deaths per year due to medical errors.... 
by VBPA Team | Nov 2, 2016 | Diagnosis, Hospitals, Treatment
Blog Terrible Care in an Emergency Room I have a Medicaid client that has been going to the ER about once a week to get a paracentesis (fluid drained off the abdomen) due to Cirrhosis of the liver. He has been going to the ER because he was having a tough time finding... 
by VBPA Team | Oct 31, 2016 | Diagnosis, Hospitals, Treatment
Blog About 20% of Americans are Misdiagnosed Every Year According to CBS News, 12 Million Americans misdiagnosed each year. (CBS News, April 17, 2014). 12 million misdiagnosed each year is a lot of people. It pretty much boils down to 1 out of every 20 Americans, and... 
by VBPA Team | Oct 27, 2016 | Hospitals, Medical Billing, Treatment
Blog Hospitals are Hiking Prices Saturday, I read an article in The Washington Post, Under scrutiny for big price hikes, hospitals kept boosting patients’ costs. (October 22, 2016 Politics & the Nation section). A recent study of 50 hospitals across the U.S.... 
