Word: heart
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...thought about publishing more texts, because ultimately I think I write better than I make films. I don't think it's completely far-fetched to say that Conquest of the Useless, the prose book, will outlive the film. Writing is very dear to my heart, and it may come more strongly in the future...
...eyes search out the camera, begging to tell a story, but it is too late: she is dying as we watch. The videotaped killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, pierced through the heart by the bullet of an unknown assailant as she watched a demonstration in Tehran, is forbidden viewing in Iran. But for the world, it has become the defining image of the protests that followed her country's widely discounted presidential election. From Berlin to Los Angeles to the Iranian expatriate community of Tel Aviv (above), the image of her bloodied face has been carried aloft by outraged protesters...
What if you went to your doctor, suffering from congestive heart failure, and your doctor had been given a limited budget from your insurance company to treat you? If he were to go over cost, he would pay out of his own pocket. If he spent less than the allotment - and you were satisfied with your treatment - he would keep some of the change...
Taking the congestive-heart-failure example, here's how the payment scheme would work: A slightly overweight 60-year-old heart-failure patient comes in with coronary-artery disease and acid-reflux disease. According to a Prometheus algorithm, this patient should cost $20,750 a year to treat - including office visits, medications, blood-pressure monitoring and an allowance for complications. The incentive for the heart patient's doctor to spend less than $20,750 is that he gets to keep a portion of the difference (assuming that the patient was managed properly and happy with the outcome). And the best...
...matter how long they stayed, many patients were discharged sooner than was prudent, which transferred the burden of care onto nursing homes and created a "mini-industry of readmissions," according to Gail Wilensky, a former head of Medicare. "Redesigning the reimbursement system is not for the faint of heart," says Wilensky. "This is in large part about changing the way doctors behave...