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Emergency care cost estimates are too low ... - Health.am

Alternately praised in the aftermath of horrible tragedies as a heroic service and lamented in policy debates as an expensive safety net for people without primary care, emergency medicine is often a hot topic. Despite that importance, an analysis published online April 26 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that national expenditures on emergency care are likely significantly higher than previously thought.

?The ER has become increasingly important as a place where people go for acute unscheduled care, however there has been little rigorous analysis of its cost structure,? said paper lead author Dr. Michael Lee, assistant professor of emergency medicine in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a physician at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital.

Lee, who had a prior career in economics and finance before training in emergency medicine, co-wrote the analysis with Dr. Brian Zink, professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School, and Dr. Jeremiah Schuur, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and director of quality and patient safety for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brigham and Women?s Hospital.

The challenge of properly accounting for the costs of emergency care, Lee said, becomes crucial as health care financing moves from a fee-for-service model to bundled payments for patient populations or episodes of care.

Clarifying costs

The analysis first examines current estimates of aggregate spending on emergency department (ED) care. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) estimates $48.3 billion of spending on emergency care in 2010, or 1.9 percent of the nation?s total health care expenditures of $2.6 trillion. With the message that ?The total cost is small relative to the entire health care system,? the American College of Emergency Physicians has embraced the AHRQ figure in its ?Just 2 percent? public relations campaign.

But Lee and his co-authors point out, based on data from other studies, that MEPS undercounts the number of ED visits and the number of ED patients who are admitted to hospitals. Adjusting for those discrepancies using data from a variety of other published sources, the authors estimate that ED costs are between 4.9 percent to 5.8 percent of total health care spending.

The authors went beyond national data sets, including the National Emergency Department Sample, to review ED spending data from a different source: a major national private insurer. The data included charges from doctors and hospitals for imaging, testing, and other procedures. But again there were accounting differences between admitted and discharged patients and a need to account fully for spending from Medicare and Medicaid. The authors? estimate based on this data is ED spending that is 6.2 to 10 percent of total health care spending.

Much of the debate in the academic literature around the expense of ED care has to do with whether the bulk of costs are fixed (e.g., expensive equipment and continuous staffing) or marginal (e.g., flexible staff time, expendable supplies). According to Lee, the cost structure of the ED remains poorly understood and is significantly more complex than what is modeled in existing studies.

As with assessments of total costs, the authors report, the studies vary widely even after adjusting for inflation. Across four major studies over the last three decades, the average cost per patient of an ED visit in 2010 dollars ranged from only $134 to more than $1,000, Lee and colleagues found. Meanwhile, the marginal cost of an ED visit (factoring out the fixed costs), ranged from $150 to $638.

Alternative accounting

The authors instead argue for an accounting based approach to ED costs using a methodology known as ?Time-Driven Activity Based Costing (ABC),? which has been applied to health care by Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter, professors at the Harvard Business School.

The method maps all clinical, administrative, and diagnostic steps in a patient encounter and assigns costs to each activity, explicitly accounting for the time spent on each task.

ABC accounting might provide a more realistic and transparent measure of ED costs, Lee said, because the emphasis on time is particularly relevant for emergency medicine.

?The real cost of providing emergency care has to do with accurately measuring the resources that are used, and time is an important variable to take into account,? he said.

The authors envision using the methodology to measure the cost of common ED processes or chief complaints, and to compare this to alternative sites such as primary care offices or clinics, he said. They also point out that ABC accounting gives ?gives ED managers specific data they can use to improve the value of care by identifying high-cost steps in the process.?

Emphasize value, not just cost

The authors acknowledge that an outcome of their analysis reporting higher overall costs for emergency care, may invite further criticism that the expense of emergency care represents unnecessary, inefficient care.

?However, we offer a more sanguine interpretation - the high share of spending affirms the importance of emergency medicine within the health care system,? they wrote. ?With 130 million visits, 28 percent of all acute care visits, and accounting for nearly half of all admissions, emergency medicine should be expected to represent a large share of health care spending.?

And Lee cautions, based on other studies, that efforts by private and government payers to divert ER care may not lead to large aggregate savings.

?Diverting nonemergency care may simply shift costs onto primary care offices and clinics which may not have the infrastructure to accommodate a large volume of unscheduled care,? Lee said.

Instead there may be more potential for cost savings by focusing on reducing unnecessary diagnostic testing in the ED or unnecessary admissions that originate from the ED.

Lee and his co-authors call for the debate to include value, not just cost.

?More attention should be devoted to quantifying the value of specific aspects of emergency care,? they wrote. ?Rather than minimize the issue of cost, we should recognize the economic and strategic importance of the ED within the healthcare system and demonstrate that costs are commensurate with value.

Lee acknowledges that this remains a challenge for the field of emergency medicine. ?The core of our business is ruling out critical diagnoses. Many of the things we look for are low probability but highly dangerous conditions. The big question is how do you quantify value when your work is often focused on trying to demonstrate the absence of something??
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Obama and Putin discuss security in phone call

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) have been discussing terrorism coordination in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

The White House says the two leaders spoke by phone Monday. A statement says Obama expressed his "appreciation" for Russia's close cooperation after the attack.

The suspected bombers are Russian natives who immigrated to the Boston area. Russian authorities told U.S. officials before the bombings they had concerns about the family, but only revealed details of wiretapped conversations since the attack.

A White House statement said the leaders discussed future cooperation on security, including the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.

The White House also says Obama expressed condolences for a deadly hospital fire outside Moscow last week and that Obama stressed U.S. concerns over chemical weapons in Syria.

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Analysis: Tax strategy may be key to Verizon Wireless deal

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Nanette Byrnes

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc's chances of buying the 45-percent stake in Verizon Wireless owned by the UK's Vodafone Group Plc will hinge, at least in part, on the quality of tax advice it is getting.

Verizon, the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, may have found a way to structure a purchase of the stake so that Vodafone can avoid a multi-billion dollar U.S. capital gains tax bill, sources familiar with Verizon's plans said. The possibility of a huge tax bill has previously been regarded by analysts as a big hurdle to any such deal.

Reuters reported last Wednesday that Verizon was preparing a bid worth about $100 billion to take full control of Verizon Wireless - it already owns the other 55 percent - by buying the stake, according to people familiar with the matter. There are no guarantees that Vodafone will want to sell its stake or that Verizon will pursue the plan.

Vodafone declined to comment on the possibility of a Verizon bid for its stake or on the tax question.

One person familiar with the situation said Vodafone cannot consider the size of any tax payout in a possible transaction until the company has received an offer, which it has not.

A Verizon spokesman declined to comment.

Verizon hopes that if it structures a transaction to eliminate much of the tax bill, it can encourage Vodafone to come to the table for talks. Some analysts and investors say Verizon may have to pay as much as $130 billion to clinch the deal.

The tax bill on $100-billion deal, based on a simple acquisition of the stake, would be about $38 billion, according to UBS Investment Research. It could be much higher if the deal's price-tag rises above that figure, UBS noted.

That tax bill is based on the massive growth Verizon Wireless has experienced since it was established 13 years ago. The 45-percent stake that Verizon Communications wants to buy is owned by Vodafone Americas, a U.S. holding company. Given it is a U.S. entity, if Vodafone Americas were to sell that stake outright it would have to pay the full capital gains tax on the stake.

But the sources said Verizon Communications is contemplating a two-part deal that could avoid this. Instead of buying the stake outright, the sources said, Verizon Communications would buy the Delaware-based Vodafone Americas. Analysts said the seller of Vodafone Americas would not be a U.S.-based entity, so no U.S. capital gains tax would be due.

Vodafone's international structure is complicated, involving many holding companies, and the precise ownership of some assets is unclear. Vodafone Americas also owns some of Vodafone's non-US assets, the sources said, probably including some in Germany and Spain. These would be sold back to Vodafone by Verizon Communications, which would keep the Verizon Wireless stake, they said.

The two transactions could be done simultaneously or one after the other.

While the sale of the Verizon Wireless stake would not incur capital gains tax, the sale of the international assets back to Vodafone would. This is because it would involve the sale of assets by Verizon Communications, a U.S. entity.

Compared to Verizon Wireless, the smaller international assets are thought to have gained little in value. Analysts estimated their sale could hit Verizon Communications with a U.S. tax bill of about $5 billion or less.

The sources said that Verizon would seek to pass any tax hit onto Vodafone in the two-part transaction.

LONG COURTSHIP

Verizon has long coveted its partner Vodafone's stake in the Verizon Wireless joint venture, which started operations in 2000.

The last time the two came close to a deal was in 2004, when Vodafone bid for AT&T Wireless. The British company, the world's second-largest mobile operator, however, lost that bid to Cingular and has since held on to the Verizon Wireless stake for its exposure to the U.S. wireless market.

Wall Street analysts had previously seen it as unlikely that Verizon would want to do a deal involving Vodafone Americas' international assets. But those assets have underperformed in recent years when compared with the growth of Verizon Wireless, and are now a smaller part of the holding company, reducing the potential tax hit.

However, the timing of Verizon's interest in doing the deal has more to do with the gains in its stock price and low interest rates, the sources stressed.

Verizon is considering paying about half of the purchase price in cash and half in stock, Reuters reported on Wednesday. That means it may look to raise around $50 billion in debt.

UK TAX QUESTION

The kind of deal structure envisaged would still leave Vodafone with another tax question, said UK academics and analysts: Should it leave the proceeds from any sale offshore or bring them home to the UK?

Leaving the money offshore might invite scrutiny from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which sometimes questions transactions if they seem designed solely to avoid tax and are not based in an underlying economic logic, said Prems Sikka, professor of accounting at the University of Essex in the UK.

If the transaction were shaped the way the sources have described it, Vodafone would probably repatriate the proceeds into Britain, said Charles Merriman, managing director at Merriman Capital Transactions, a consultancy in London.

Once that was done, he said, the company might be able to reduce its tax bill by taking advantage of the UK's substantial shareholdings exemption. Under certain conditions, this exempts from UK corporation taxation any gains realized when one company disposes of shares in another company.

More broadly, though, Vodafone could face a political backlash in the UK from any deal that was clearly structured to avoid taxation, said Robin Bienenstock, senior analyst at Bernstein Research.

U.S. companies such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google have come under fire from British lawmakers for using legal maneuvers to cut their tax bills in the UK.

"The problem with tax is not just the technical ability to avoid it, but the scorched earth that trying to avoid it could leave with the UK government afterwards," said Bienenstock. "Recent tax cases in the UK ... suggest that an attempt to avoid tax on such a large and high profile deal would be very badly received."

(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh in Washington, D.C. and Nanette Byrnes in Chapel Hill, N.C.; Additional reporting by Kate Holton and Tom Bergin in London; So Young Kim and Paritosh Bansal in New York; Editing by Martin Howell)

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]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/jane-austen-tourism-booms-pride-prejudice-turns-200-1C8091333When a classic love story has a big birthday, it?s time to have a ball ? literally. Monday marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of ?Pride and Prejudice,? the Jane Austen novel that introduced feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet, seemingly aloof Mr. Darcy and a world of manor homes and grand estates that turned England into a dream destination for readers around the globe.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:06:19 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/jane-austen-tourism-booms-pride-prejudice-turns-200-1C8091333Hotel guests need not head out with an unknown entity for adventure when they book a room. Properties around the globe are tempting travelers with one-of-a-kind experiences on the grounds or directly through the hotel.
]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/beyond-room-service-order-fighter-1B8041250Hotel guests need not head out with an unknown entity for adventure when they book a room. Properties around the globe are tempting travelers with one-of-a-kind experiences on the grounds or directly through the hotel.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:25:29 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/beyond-room-service-order-fighter-1B8041250Whether you want to ski or swim, Travel + Leisure has some fun and affordable ideas for your getaway this season.
]]>http://todaytravel.today.com/_news/2013/01/18/16566390-5-great-winter-getaways?liteWhether you want to ski or swim, Travel + Leisure has some fun and affordable ideas for your getaway this season.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:37:24 GMTNewshttp://todaytravel.today.com/_news/2013/01/18/16566390-5-great-winter-getaways?liteA new caf? set to open in one of Paris? biggest tourist draws is quickening pulses faster than a double espresso. A Starbucks is coming to the Place du Tertre in the bohemian Montmartre neighborhood of Paris, where Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway once roamed the hilly streets.
]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/planned-starbucks-artsy-parisian-neighborhood-has-locals-jittery-1B7953542A new caf? set to open in one of Paris? biggest tourist draws is quickening pulses faster than a double espresso. A Starbucks is coming to the Place du Tertre in the bohemian Montmartre neighborhood of Paris, where Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway once roamed the hilly streets.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:39:30 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/planned-starbucks-artsy-parisian-neighborhood-has-locals-jittery-1B7953542LONDON -- Towering 800 feet above the U.K capital, The View from The Shard provides a unique panoramic perspective of the city and ? when the weather is clear ? up to 40 miles beyond.
]]>http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/11/16460494-would-you-pay-160-to-check-out-this-view-london-skyscraper-is-banking-on-it?liteLONDON -- Towering 800 feet above the U.K capital, The View from The Shard provides a unique panoramic perspective of the city and ? when the weather is clear ? up to 40 miles beyond.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:11:19 GMTNewshttp://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/11/16460494-would-you-pay-160-to-check-out-this-view-london-skyscraper-is-banking-on-it?liteWhile the fight to end slavery in the U.S. is winning hearts and minds at movie theaters ? on Thursday, ?Lincoln,? the movie, earned 12 Academy Award nominations ? travelers seeking a more intimate glimpse of history may want to head to a museum instead.
]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/experience-emancipation-proclamation-no-movie-tickets-required-1B7922697While the fight to end slavery in the U.S. is winning hearts and minds at movie theaters ? on Thursday, ?Lincoln,? the movie, earned 12 Academy Award nominations ? travelers seeking a more intimate glimpse of history may want to head to a museum instead.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:43:48 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/experience-emancipation-proclamation-no-movie-tickets-required-1B7922697Travelers planning a trip to Washington, D.C., to celebrate festivities surrounding President Barack Obama?s swearing in for a second term are in luck. Inauguration Day is Monday, January 21, and visitors are expected to be welcomed by cheaper hotel prices and an easier time getting around town.
]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/not-too-late-plan-inauguration-trip-washington-d-c-1B7913570Travelers planning a trip to Washington, D.C., to celebrate festivities surrounding President Barack Obama?s swearing in for a second term are in luck. Inauguration Day is Monday, January 21, and visitors are expected to be welcomed by cheaper hotel prices and an easier time getting around town.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:14:39 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/not-too-late-plan-inauguration-trip-washington-d-c-1B7913570While the ?What happens in Vegas? campaign is geared toward Sin City visitors already familiar with the city?s offerings, a new campaign rolled out this week targets so-called ?persuadables.? ?They?re people who are open to coming to Las Vegas but just need that extra reason to come,? said LVCVA spokesperson Courtney Fitzgerald.
]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/coming-attractions-new-vegas-ad-campaign-targets-persuadables-1B7889090While the ?What happens in Vegas? campaign is geared toward Sin City visitors already familiar with the city?s offerings, a new campaign rolled out this week targets so-called ?persuadables.? ?They?re people who are open to coming to Las Vegas but just need that extra reason to come,? said LVCVA spokesperson Courtney Fitzgerald.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 14:57:19 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/coming-attractions-new-vegas-ad-campaign-targets-persuadables-1B7889090New wireless-tracking wristbands designed to make the "Most Magical Place on Earth" even more hassle-free will hit Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., over the next few months.http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travelkit/disney-world-track-visitors-wireless-wristbands-1B7874882Tue, 8 Jan 2013 00:12:52 GMTNewshttp://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travelkit/disney-world-track-visitors-wireless-wristbands-1B7874882Travel + Leisure reveals the year?s hottest travel destinations, from a still-undiscovered corner of Italy to an unexpected foodie mecca in the American heartland.
]]>http://todaytravel.today.com/_news/2013/01/04/16350866-hottest-travel-destinations-of-2013?liteTravel + Leisure reveals the year?s hottest travel destinations, from a still-undiscovered corner of Italy to an unexpected foodie mecca in the American heartland.Copyright msnbc.com 2013
]]>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:52:20 GMTNewshttp://todaytravel.today.com/_news/2013/01/04/16350866-hottest-travel-destinations-of-2013?liteFrank Sinatra famously yearned to wake up in the city that never sleeps and it seems more travelers than ever want to follow in his footsteps. New York attracted a record number of tourists in 2012, prompting officials to vow to keep the momentum going.
]]>http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/big-apple-has-big-plans-eclipse-2012s-record-tourism-numbers-1C7803364Frank Sinatra famously yearned to wake up in the city that never sleeps and it seems more travelers than ever want to follow in his footsteps. New York attracted a record number of tourists in 2012, prompting officials to vow to keep the momentum going.Copyright msnbc.com 2013http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/20996187/device/rss/rss.xml

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