Doctors Still Take Medicare

Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs for Kaiser Health News’ Daily Report.

This week in Research Roundup:

JAMA finds the quality of care at rural “critical access hospitals” to be wanting.
Health Affairs compares spending in various state Medicaid programs.
The National Bureau of Economic Research releases Oregon Health Insurance Experiment findings.
Archives of Internal Medicine finds little change in the number of doctors accepting Medicare.
The Journal of Head and Face Pain examines real-world costs of migraine treatments.
Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine weighs the effectiveness of childhood obesity screenings.

Read more in the Daily Report.

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<h1>Doctors Still Take Medicare</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Shefali S. Kulkarni</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2011-07-08T18:14:52-04:00">
			July 8, 2011		</time>
		</div>
<p>Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs for Kaiser Health News’ Daily Report.</p><p>This week in <a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2011/July/08/KHN-Research-Roundup.aspx">Research Roundup</a>:</p><ul><li>JAMA finds the quality of care at rural “critical access hospitals” to be wanting.</li><li>Health Affairs compares spending in various state Medicaid programs.</li><li>The National Bureau of Economic Research releases Oregon Health Insurance Experiment findings.</li><li>Archives of Internal Medicine finds little change in the number of doctors accepting Medicare.</li><li>The Journal of Head and Face Pain examines real-world costs of migraine treatments.</li><li>Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine weighs the effectiveness of childhood obesity screenings.</li></ul><p><a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2011/July/08/KHN-Research-Roundup.aspx">Read more in the Daily Report</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/doctors-still-take-medicare/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/doctors-still-take-medicare/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/doctors-still-take-medicare/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Doctors%20Still%20Take%20Medicare&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fdoctors-still-take-medicare%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/doctors-still-take-medicare/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/doctors-still-take-medicare/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/doctors-still-take-medicare/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=220&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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