The Stead Health Group, Inc. - $19,900 per Additional Year of Life

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The Stead Health Group has expertise in Health Care Communication Transformations, Operations Improvement, Strategic Planning and Positioning, Financial Analysis and Turnaround, Program and Service Line Development, Facility Planning and Development. We apply strategy, customized to each client, resulting in tangible, bottom-line financial improvements.

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Physicians can expect a 10% reduction in Medicare Payments in 2008, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Legislation that was passed on December 20th eliminated the 2007 reductions in the Physician Fee Schedule.

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$19,900 per Additional Year of Life

In a study conducted by researchers at Harvard and university of Michigan and published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, investigators found that Americans get sizable life-extending gains for their medical dollars. Amercians of all ages spent an average of $19,900 for each extra year of life. This is substantially less than what many public and private payers for treatments that cost over $100,000 for each additional year of life.

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