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Should Medicare Consider Cost-Effectiveness When Setting Reimbursement Rates?

Medicare reimbursement rates should be based on how cost effective the treatment is for a particular illness, according to a piece by two policy experts in the October edition of Health Affairs.

“Steven Pearson and Peter Bach also suggest that Medicare could hold off for up to three years on reviewing any new service that is added to the benefit package for which there is no evidence that it is as good as current treatment,” CQ Healthbeat reports. “Pearson is the founder and president of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute for Technology Assessment, which evaluates the comparative effectiveness of medical interventions. Continue reading…

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Project Swole Joins Hive Health Media

• Hive Health Media is first and foremost a website that feels like a blog and acts like a newspaper.
• A network of the best health, fitness, food, and nutrition bloggers online.
• A source of unique, innovative content about your favorite health topics.
• A tool that you can use to drive traffic to your website by submitting guest posts.
• A tool that you can use to increase your visibility to Google and get more search engine traffic.
• A way for the little blogger to compete with industry giants like Mens Health, Diets in Review, and Live Strong.
• An avenue to make some extra money when you decide to join the network.

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Tags: Health Media, Hive Health, Hive Health Media, Media

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Recovery in his sights: Amputee graduates from Special Forces Sniper Course

JOHN Wayne has toured Afghanistan and Iraq, hunted grizzly bears in Alaska and earned the Silver Star; and as of July, he is the first one-legged Soldier to graduate the Special Forces Sniper Course.

Staff Sgt. John Wayne Walding of Groesbeck, Texas, that is.

In April 2008, Walding and nine other Special Forces Soldiers from a 3rd Special Forces Group assault team were attacked by the Hezeb Islami al Gulbadin while searching for insurgents in Afghanistan’s Shok Valley.

Over the six-and-a-half-hour firefight, more than 150 insurgents were killed. Continue reading…

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3 Features Women Should Look For in Performance Athletic Wear

3 Features Women Should Look For in Performance Athletic Wear

Our feminine curves and shapely figures may be fun to shop for when it comes to casual attire, but in the world of ladies fitness wear, we have high demands for performance & fit.

Here are some things to look for when shopping for your next gym tank top or a new pair of yoga pants.

1. Double Stitch or a Flat Stitch.

   Have you ever gotten blisters or skin sensitivity from a tank top?

   One thing to look for are flat sport stitches that prevent or minimize the amount of contact the thread has with your skin.

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