Mr Peter a Wadsworth

Finding the Best Healthcare You Can Afford Mr Peter a Wadsworth

This is report is a guide to help consumers choose the best combination of doctors, hospitals and health plan. It contains: Selection criteria for primary care doctors, specialists and medical groups; Reviews of over 40 services to help choose the best doctors, hospitals and health plans; Hospital rankings for safety, deaths, readmissions, complications and infections; Highly rated hospitals for cardiology, maternity, pediatrics, cancer, orthopedic and emergency care; Health plan terminology and types of plans - HMOs, PPOs, EPOs, ACOs; Guides to Medicare, MassHealth and the state health insurance exchange; Health plan ratings; Tools to compare health plan costs. This report uses Massachusetts providers, health plans and online resources to illustrate how to find the best healthcare you can afford virtually anywhere in the U. S. where there are sufficient healthcare providers. The author has worked with some of the most prominent HMOs, voluntary hospitals and health insurers in the country as an investment banker, financial advisor and insurance executive. He has written extensively about healthcare, finance and environmental issues and has been invited to speak to such groups as the American Association of Health Plans, the National Health Lawyers Association, the Group Health Institute and Columbia University School of Public Health. He has served on numerous advisory and non-profit boards, including the National Peace Foundation, and has been a consumer of healthcare for many years in New York City, on eastern Long Island and now in the Boston area.