Medicare

Question 0

How many new Medicare patients per day?

Answer 0

7,000 new patients per day

Question 1

How many Medicare in Alabama and how many in US?

Answer 1

1 million in Alabama

50 million in US

Question 2

What % of federal budget is medicare?

Answer 2

16%

Question 3

What % of Medicare dollars spent on hospitals?

What % on doctors?

Answer 3

28% hospitals

24% on physicians

Question 4

How much was spent on Medicare in 2012?

Answer 4

536 billion in 2012

70% ab
20% c
10%d

Question 5

10% of Medicare patients account for_______% of spending.

Answer 5

60%

Question 6

How much do we think the spending will be in 2023 ?

Answer 6

1.1 trillion dollars

Question 7

How many Americans are baby boomer?

Answer 7

75 million Americans
3 million per year next 20 years
Fastest growing sector greater than 85

Question 8

In 2013what % of gdp?
How much money ?

How long is a trillion seconds in time?

Answer 8

18% GDP

2.9 trillion.

How long is a trillion seconds 32000 years

Question 9

Why is Medicare a problem ?

Answer 9

Not designed for the high costs
Or volume not suppose to live this long
Nor the high disease burden 1/2 have 2 or more chronic dx.

Question 10

What do you know about RAC?

Answer 10

In 2013 2.23 billion
40% appealed with 70% success

We are region c

Question 11

What can be done to lower cost?

Answer 11

Volume to value
Medicare payment reform
Bundled payments
Reduce Readmits
Transition clinics
Medical home
Mobile healthcare
Telemedicine
Alternate providers

Question 12

What is the king vs but well case?

Answer 12

Supreme Court decide if federal subsidies legal
37 states
7.5 million people affected