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Making Sure Prevention Really Does Pay

Prevention is said to be the best medicine, even better than a cure; and as we’ve been told time and again, prevention pays. This is clearly the reasoning behind the health law’s new provision that aims to eliminate financial barriers... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 06 2010 3:11 PM by Health Beat

Reflections on Electronic Medical Records by a Long-time Pediatrician: “I’m a Better Doctor for Using It,” but “I Worry That It Will End up Like One of Those Military Boondoggles”

Guest Post by Dr. Chris Johnson See his website (www.chrisjohnsonmd.com) Summary: Physicians under 40 are not the only ones adapting to EMRS. Veteran physicians also are making the transition. For many years, Chris Johnson was Director of the Pediatric...

Published Mon, Sep 06 2010 6:14 PM by Health Beat

What Does the Missouri Vote on the Individual Mandate Tell Us?

That Republicans don’t support health care reform. Opponents of health care reform have been touting the results of yesterday’s primary in Missouri as if it were a national referendum on “the will of the people.” After all, more than 70... Read More....

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:19 PM by Health Beat

Advice to Hospitals in a Downturn: “Market the High-Margin Service”

One might think that hospitals would be recession-proof. After all, hospital care is a necessity. But one would be wrong. When times are tough, people put off elective surgery, and even avoid going to the hospital in an emergency. Although... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 2:38 PM by Health Beat

Filed under: Hospitals

Correction: Screenings of Money-Driven Medicine in March and April-LongBeach, Philadelphia, Manhattan

I’m sorry, the day and dates in the original announcement were wrong. The film, Money-Driven Medicine , was produced by Alex Gibney (best-known for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Taxi to the Dark Side ) and based... Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 28 2010 4:18 PM by Health Beat

SOTU and Health Care

In his address to the nation, President Obama made it clear: Jobs are now his #1 priority. This is what most Americans wanted to hear. They fear that he has spent too much time on health care, and has not... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 7:24 AM by Health Beat

Medicaid Needs More Than A Short-term Fix

Health reform may be stalled in Congress, but you need only look to the overburdened Medicaid program to find evidence of the continued toll the current economic crisis is taking on Americans’ ability to afford and access medical care. At... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 2:28 PM by Health Beat

Some of the Best of Recent Health Care Blogs: Health Wonk Review

Over at the Disease Management Care Blog, http://diseasemanagementcareblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-to-tree-of-blogs-avatar-movie.html Jaan Sidorov hosts the most recent edition of Health Wonk Review, a round-up of some of the best healthcare blogs...

Published Sun, Jan 24 2010 4:27 PM by Health Beat

How Maryland “Broke the Curve”: A Solution For Massachusetts? Part 3

Massachusetts has succeeded in providing health care insurance for all but 2.6% of its citizens. Yet the Commonwealth still struggles to make that coverage affordable. Health care inflation is driving Massachusetts’ system toward a cliff. Total outlays...

Published Wed, Feb 10 2010 1:30 PM by Health Beat

Truth Squad—Medical Reporting On Mammograms, Part 1

"Vague, fact-free, emotionally charged statements are the language of public relations, not scientific discourse.” Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berma, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Alicia M. Bell, member of the board of directors of the National...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 8:38 AM by Health Beat

Some Medicare Advantage Plans Do Provide Value—the HMOs

When I reported on the waste in Medicare Advantage plans not long ago, HealthBeat reader Don Grunt pointed out that not all MA plans are alike. He wrote: “I'm a Medicare Advantage product manager in Oregon where 45% of beneficiaries... Read More....

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 7:55 AM by Health Beat

If You, a Friend, or a Relative Live in New Jersey

Money-Driven Medicine, a film produced by Alex Gibney (best known for Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room), will be screened Tuesday night (Nov. 10) 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 West State Street,... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 07 2009 3:29 PM by Health Beat

Fire Dog Lake – 5-6:30 Pacific Time, 8:00 – 9:30 EST

I’ll be doing Fire Dog Lake’s Movie Salon live, this evening, answering questions about Money Driven Medicine.You’ll find the salon on www.firedoglake.com Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2009 2:01 PM by Health Beat

Screenings of Money-Driven Medicine in Boston and Seattle Nov. 18 & Nov. 22

Boston: HealthBeat reader, nurse and healthcare advocate Ann Malone has passed along this invitation: Please join us for the screening of Money Driven Medicine: What’s Wrong with America’s Healthcare and How to Fix It” on Wednesday, November 18th and...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:32 PM by Health Beat

Hardly a Fatal Blow: Everything You Read About Now Is Foreplay

We knew that the Senate Finance Committee would reject the public sector option. Now they have done just that. This is not news. Nor is this a “fatal blow” for progressives. Will the public option survive a vote on the... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2009 2:09 PM by Health Beat

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