Click To Call Sweeping legislation could benefit the disabled and elderly in Florida and across the nation. Changes would benefit patients by making their care more consistent and holding hospitals and doctors accountable for their follow-up care.
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Medicare Facing Major Changes in Florida and Nationwide


Posted on Apr 27, 2009

Lawmakers and experts are predicting that upcoming changes to Medicare will create a less wasteful health care system.  Experts reported their findings and recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee.  Sweeping changes to Medicare are aimed at controlling costs while covering more of the nations uninsured. 

Medicare covers over 45 million disabled and elderly Americans.  New regulations have been proposed and, if experts are correct, they should lead to better patient care and accountability for hospitals and doctors.  Some of the changes include close follow-up care for seniors by their doctor and nurses.  This should help keep chronically ill patients from being hospitalized repeatedly when conditions like hypertension get out of control.

Another proposed change will affect doctors and hospitals.  Primary care physicians would be paid more and specialists would face closer scrutiny of their decisions.  In addition, hospitals can be penalized if patients don't receive sufficient follow-up care and are seen repeatedly for the same problems.

 One of the main problems that the legislation tackles is that patients often see many doctors and therefore receive inconsistent, fragmented care.  Many Medicare recipients have multiple chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart failure.  They may be seen by several specialists without a consistency of care.

Dr. Glenn Steele told the committee that Medicare "needs to be an engine of innovation, not a stultifying bureaucracy."

Hopefully new legislation will improve the Medicare and Medicaid systems in Florida and beyond.

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