Herb Kuhn
Herb Kuhn
effort goes medicare nurses patient physician support telephone various visiting ways
It's kind of Medicare goes old school. This is really an effort to find better ways to support the patient when they are away from the physician through telephone inquiries, visiting nurses and various support systems.
benefits medicare next people
Next year, people on Medicare will be getting much more in benefits than they had previously received.
benefits medicare otherwise people
People on Medicare are going to be getting much more in benefits than they would have otherwise received.
active looking ongoing oregon several terms
We investigated this one in Oregon for several months. We have investigated several others, and have some ongoing investigations right now. So we have been active in terms of looking at those.
trying understand value
We're still trying to understand how much value we're getting for that.
change creating factors itself medicare pricing reason single variety
There are a variety of factors going on in the marketplace, so I don't think you can say the Medicare change in pricing is in itself creating a single reason why individuals say they are not getting their treatment.