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Health Wonk Review
Health Wonk Review is up at David Williams Health Business Blog. THCB even makes a rare appearance! (Hopefully we’ll be appearing a little more frequently in the future…) Tweet this Share on Facebook Read More...
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Thu, Apr 14 2011 9:50 PM
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THCB Live: Microsoft
A few weeks back at HIMSS Matthew Holt caught up with Microsoft Health Solutions’ Sean Nolan (Chief Architect) and Nate McLemore (VP, Business Development) to chat about the technology and business of NHIN Direct, HealthVault and much more. Tweet...
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Fri, Apr 15 2011 8:23 AM
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Near Chicago next week? Meet Todd Park!
If you’re near or in Chicago next Weds (April 27) and you care about health data, applications or innovation, we highly recommend that you get to a Community Forum on the Health Data Initiative. The formal invite & details follow–Matthew...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 12:33 AM
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Medicare
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Policy
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Obama administration
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Fostering Innovation in Healthcare IT
By JOHN MOORE As in most sectors, innovation in healthcare IT (HIT) is by and large incremental. A tweak here and added feature there to some existing application, e.g., what we are seeing today from EHR vendors as they strive to meet meaningful use criteria...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:37 AM
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John Moore
$3 Million Heritage Health Prize: Interview with Dr. Richard Merkin
By Matthew Holt I recently had a chance to interview Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of Heritage Provider Network. Richard has spent the last 30 years implementing a successful business model to address the needs and challenges of affordable managed...
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Tue, Apr 26 2011 2:49 PM
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THCB
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Health 2.0
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Matthew Holt
The Rashomon of Health Care: Why the Government is Promoting and Hindering ACOs at the Same Time
By DAVID DRANOVE As I have previously blogged, a centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the promotion of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is banking on the financial incentives of ACOs (through...
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Wed, Apr 27 2011 9:54 AM
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CMS
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FTC
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Antitrust
Some Employers Already Sending Workers To Exchanges to Buy Health Insurance
By JULIE APPLEBY Fed up with the unpredictable cost of health insurance for his small business, Mike Sarafolean last year made a dramatic change: Instead of picking a plan to offer workers, he now sends them to a “private exchange” or marketplace...
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Fri, Apr 29 2011 6:15 AM
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Julie Appleby
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ACO Rules: Where’s the Beef?
By PAUL LEVY I’m sorry, but I just don’t get it. Last week, CMS announced proposed regulations about setting up Accountable Care Organizations. Here’s the statutory background and the theory of the case, as set forth in the March 31...
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Tue, Apr 05 2011 2:03 PM
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Paul Levy
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American Well goes mass market
American Well has been the leader in creating an online marketplace where consumers and physicians can actually process care. They’ve done it via health plans using the basic health plan billing and coverage infrastructure, and that’s been...
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Tue, Apr 19 2011 10:45 AM
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Health 2.0
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Matthew Holt
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Tech
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micro
ACO Fairy Tale Faces a Rumpelstiltskin Moment
By MICHAEL MILLENSON The ACO fairy tale is drawing perilously close to an unhappy ending. The government’s long-awaited draft regulations on Accountable Care Organizations have brought a dose of ugly reality to a concept that’s always seemed...
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Tue, Apr 19 2011 11:04 AM
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Michael Millenson
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Interview: Cisco
Matthew Holt interviews Frances Dare and Kaveh Safavi from Cisco. Tweet this Share on Facebook Read More...
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Wed, Apr 20 2011 1:00 AM
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Minor League Report Cards
By DAVID DRANOVE I was pleased to see the Chicago Tribune carry an op-ed piece this week by my friend and colleague Michael Millenson. The gist of the piece was that information about hospital quality is readily available online and we should use that...
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Sat, Apr 02 2011 3:37 AM
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First Impressions of the Medicare ACO Rule
By VINCE KURAITIS On March 31, CMS released the long-awaited “Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations” document (ACO Rule). Read the details here (strong suggestion: unless you’re working on your PhD in ACOs, start with the fact...
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Sun, Apr 03 2011 3:00 AM
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Medical Loss Ratios – Again!
By ROGER COLLIER A new study, reported in the American Journal of Managed Care, seems likely to add more heat to the continuing medical loss ratio controversy. The Accountable Care Act effectively mandates that health insurers achieve MLRs of 85 percent...
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Mon, Apr 04 2011 5:47 PM
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THCB
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Affordable Care Act
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MLR
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American Journal of Managed Care
Why ACOs Won’t Work
By ROBERT LASZEWSKI First, I think Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are a great idea. Just like I thought HMOs were a good idea in 1988 and I thought IPAs were a good idea in 1994. The whole notion of making providers accountable for balancing cost...
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Thu, Apr 07 2011 8:07 AM
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Robert Laszewski
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THCB
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Incentives
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