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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
HIT Trends Summary for March 2011
By MICHAEL LAKE This is a summary of the HIT Trends Report for March 2011. You can get the current issue or subscribe here. Government drivers. Federal communications dominated this month’s news. ONC defended its core EHR strategy through a report published...
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Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:37 PM
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EHR
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THCB
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ONC
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HIEs
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ACOs
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Michael Lake
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Tech
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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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Affordable Care Act
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MLR
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American Journal of Managed Care
Why Primary Care Parity Matters
By PAUL FISCHER, MD After an exciting and challenging day of caring for patients and teaching students, a third-year medical student on his family medicine rotation says to me, “I really like what you do, but I just cannot afford to go into family...
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Mon, Apr 04 2011 1:17 PM
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THCB
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primary care
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Paul Fischer
The ACO Rules & Privacy
By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE One day before the first of April, HHS published the much anticipated rules defining the creation and operations of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) spanning 429 pages of business regulation, analysis of various options available...
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Sun, Apr 03 2011 9:10 AM
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Turf Wars
By MICHAEL KIRSCH, MD So many folks express views that are obviously self-serving, but they try to masquerade them as altruistic positions that benefit some other constituency. These attempts usually fool no one, but yet these performances are common...
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Tue, Apr 12 2011 3:30 PM
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Physicians
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Politics
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Michael Kirsch
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Turf battles
The New Cost-Conscious Doctor
By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN Doctors practicing in the U.S. are becoming increasingly conscious of the increasing costs of health care. Most consider themselves cost-conscious, and are considering the impact of their practice patterns — in terms of prescribing...
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Fri, Apr 22 2011 9:15 AM
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
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Physicians
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Health care costs
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Medicare, Medicaid Get Squeezed in Ryan Plan
By MERRILL GOOZNER Everyone agrees that controlling health care costs is the key to bringing long-term federal budget deficits under control. Government spending on Medicare for seniors and Medicaid for the poor has grown nearly twice as fast as the rest...
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Tue, Apr 05 2011 2:13 PM
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Ryan’s Proposal For Medicare
By MAGGIE MAHAR Representative Paul Ryan (R. Wisconsin) thinks he has found a solution to Medicare inflation. The cost of Medicare has been spiraling for years, thanks to the climbing cost of virtually every product and service in our health care system...
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Wed, Apr 06 2011 12:27 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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Interview with Andy Cohen, CEO, Caring.com
A couple of weeks back Andy Cohen, CEO and Founder of Caring.com stopped by Health 2.0’s offices to give us an update on the site. having established itself as a (Andy would say the) go-to site for caregivers needing to figure out what to do when...
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Fri, Apr 15 2011 5:07 PM
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The Health Insurance EHR
By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Kaiser Health News recently published excerpts of an interview with the CEO of Aetna, Mark Bertolini. Interesting article and interesting subject, but one thing Mr. Bertolini said in connection with Aetna’s acquisition of Medicity...
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Sun, Apr 17 2011 10:32 AM
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Bad Medicine: TriCare’s Noncoverage of Evidence-based Opiate Maintenance Therapy
By KEITH HUMPHREYS, MD, & HAROLD POLLACK This week, The New York Times gave heart-wrenching accounts of newborn babies enduring opiate drug withdrawal because of their mothers’ addictions. The story provided only one cause for optimism: Both...
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Fri, Apr 15 2011 7:09 AM
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THCB
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Evidence Based Medicine
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TRICARE
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Keith Humphreys
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Harold Pollack
Kosmix bought by Wal-mart
In a move I don’t quite understand, Wal-Mart has bought search & content site Kosmix for a reported $300m. Kosmix has been doing various things around presentation of search information from different sites and places on the web (including...
Published
Tue, Apr 19 2011 11:12 AM
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The Health Care Blog
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Health 2.0
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Matthew Holt
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micro
THCB Live: Kaiser CIO Phil Fasano
Matthew Holt caught up with Kaiser CIO Phil Fasano last month at HIMSS. Tweet this Share on Facebook Read More...
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Thu, Apr 07 2011 11:33 AM
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