March 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Dear Mr President, Medicare Stinks

By ROB LAMBERTS Dear Mr. President: The physicians and management in our office had a discussion this morning about the upcoming audits physicians are facing from CMS. I had to wait for my blood pressure to get out of dangerous... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 11:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Physicians, Insurance

Some Thoughts On the Word “Filibuster”

By MAGGIE MAHAR As I noted in another post, the media seems to be turning “reconciliation” into an ugly word. But “filibuster” is the word with a more unsavory history. (Thanks to HeathBeat reader Barry Carroll who sent me a... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Congress, History

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?

By Matthew Holt Sometime pretty soon Nancy Pelosi’s team will have figured out if they have the votes and will be moving what’s basically the Senate bill onto the House floor. Those of you who remember late 2003 may remember... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 1:22 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy

THCB Comments back online

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Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 4:11 AM by The Health Care Blog

Innovation: Fresh Thinking for the Ideas Economy

Intrepid THCB intern Tiffany Huang will be live-blogging The Economist's Innovation conference at Berkeley today and tomorrow. Of particular interest to THCB readers might be tomorrow's panel on "The End of Health Care As We Know It"...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 10:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Unstable Public Opinion

MERRILL GOOZNER Joseph White, a professor of politics at Case Western Reserve University, made this interesting observation in his weekend column in The Fiscal Times: "On most issues, there is no such thing as a stable "public opinion."...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 3:34 AM by The Health Care Blog

Reform: Round 2

By JOE FLOWER It’s coming back! The health care reform debate is only through the first round. In a few years, as early as 2013 or 2014, we are likely to see another round, with at least as much whacked-out... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 10:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Dear Mr. Angry

THCB reader Carissa Pillow, a former RN, is one of many readers who objected to the tone of the satirical post "Let's Pay Nurses Minimum Wage." Carissa writes: "Dear Mr. Angry, I just wanted to take a moment to express... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 10:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Microsoft at HIMSS

By Matthew Holt I'm still catching up with my HIMSS interviews. This is Chris Sullivan and Mike Raymer from Microsoft who are talking about the evolution of the Amalga product—the business intelligence engine—and the current state of HealthVault....

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 1:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt, Consumers

A Web 2.0 Interview with Miguel Cabrer, CEO of Medting

By Denise Silber Miguel Cabrer founder of MEDTING, a global site for the exchange of medical information and images, will be a panelist at Health 2.0 Europe in Paris. Formerly CIO of Hospital Son Llatzer, the first digital hospital in... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 1:08 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Web/Tech

After the Failure of Reform

By BRIAN KLEPPER AND DAVID C. KIBBE The stalemate in the bi-partisan health care summit was cast the moment it was announced. Republicans demanded that the reform process start anew, and Mr. Obama insisted on the Senate bill as the... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 7:56 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Brian Klepper, David Kibbe, Reform, Policy/Politics

Health 2.0 Webinar on EMRs, meaningful use & clinical groupware

By Matthew Holt The Health 2.0 crew is in Paris—yes Health 2.0 Europe is next week (April 6 & 7) but the Health 2.0 clock is still running in the US with conferences in Florida for physicians on April 24,... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 8:31 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Physicians--grumpy & getting grumpier

By Matthew Holt As the careful THCB reader may have noted, we like to feature Daniel Palestrant (CEO of Sermo) and Jonathan Bush (CEO of athenahealth) relatively frequently because a) they’re both very entertaining and b) their companies are providing...

Published Sun, Mar 28 2010 2:21 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Physicians

The Reinvention of Social Progress

By MERRILL GOOZNER I watched C-Span through the entire voting process on Sunday night. Socialism? Tyranny? The Republican hyperbole was unhinged from reality. Democratic claims that the health care reform marked a major milestone in domestic policy were...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 5:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

Do the "Wrong" Thing

ROBERT LASZEWSKI As the Democrats make their final push to pass their health care bill many of them, and most notably the President, are arguing that it should be passed because it is the “right thing to do whatever the... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 1:13 PM by The Health Care Blog