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Watch health insurance premiums soar

By DONALD JOHNSON Enactment of ObamaCare will open the floodgates for new federal mandates that insurers cover expensive wellness and alternative care services and send health insurance premiums soaring. While the New England Journal of Medicine says...

Published Thu, Apr 08 2010 11:30 AM by The Health Care Blog
Another physician tool: mPay Gateway interview

By Matthew Holt While I clear out interviews that I have had in the can that were interrupted by first health reform and then Health 2.0 Europe, here's an interesting one on a very niche application mPay Gateway that helps... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Physicians
Myths and Facts About Health Reform Part II

By MAGGIE MAHAR Lobbyists representing the many who profit from our $2.6 trillion health care industry spent millions in the war over healthcare reform. Yet National Journal Contributing Editor Eliza Newlin Carney suggests that “it's unclear whether...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 8:24 PM by The Health Care Blog
Nurseanomics

By MAGGIE MAHAR Twenty-eight states are now engaged in a heated debate over the difference between a doctor and a nurse: Legislators in these states are considering whether they should let a nurse practitioner (NP) with an advanced degree provide... Read...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 5:42 AM by The Health Care Blog
It's Easier to Beat Up the Insurers

By PAUL LEVY Things are playing out just as one might predict in the Massachusetts small business and individual insurance market. The Insurance Commissioner turned down proposed rate increases, the state's insurers appealed to the courts, and now...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2010 7:14 AM by The Health Care Blog
We're No. 37? Maybe Not ...

By MERRILL GOOZNER Phil Musgrove, now at Health Affairs, was an editor at the World Health Organization when it compiled its international comparison of nations' health status that ranked the U.S. 37th in the world, largely because of its poor......

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 8:00 AM by The Health Care Blog
Myths and Facts about Health Reform

By MAGGIE MAHAR This is the first in a series of posts that will try to pierce the myths and reveal the facts about the reform legislation. This first post focuses on the impact that reform will have on the... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 6:38 AM by The Health Care Blog
Catching up with Anvita Health

By Matthew Holt Another one of my HIMSS interviews that's taken a while to make it onto THCB. But that shouldn't fool you--Anvita Health is one of the more interesting companies out there, doing complex analytics to personalize and identify.....

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, PBMs

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Watch health insurance premiums soar

Another physician tool: mPay Gateway interview

Myths and Facts About Health Reform Part II

Nurseanomics

It's Easier to Beat Up the Insurers

We're No. 37? Maybe Not ...

Myths and Facts about Health Reform

Catching up with Anvita Health