June 2011 - The Health Care Blog - The Network of Care

Ryan’s “vouchercare” is a false choice

Paul Krugman spends time today ripping Paul Ryan once more. Ryan’s plan is to limit government spending way off into the future (starting with people who are now 55) by giving them a flat Medicare voucher and then telling them to try it on for size...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 9:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, micro

Cost-consciousness and clinical decision-making

By IAN METZLER With computerized health systems, physicians can place orders as easily as they can shop online at Amazon.com. Just a few clicks and your physician can purchase a panel of blood tests, futuristic imaging and diagnostic procedures that will...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 6:47 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Physicians, Costs of Care, Healthcare costs, Diagnostic tests, Ian Metzler

Some of My Best Friends are in Private Equity

By PAUL LEVY Like moths to a flame, private equity investors are quick to pounce on those sectors of the economy that have the potential for higher than average returns. Such investors also have an appetite for the higher risk that accompanies those sectors...

Published Sun, Jun 05 2011 5:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Medicare, Paul Levy, CMS, Healthcare costs, Private equity

An Obama-Gingrich-Ryan Ticket on Health Policy Reform

By SENATOR DAVID DURENBERGER Newt Gingrich has to be one of the most interesting figures in recent political history. His soul lives at the intersection of public policy, politics and history. Because he has been on so many sides of history and policy...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 2:44 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

What Dr. Oz Learned From His Cancer Scare

By DAVIS LIU, MD Dr. Mehmet Oz recently had a piece in Time titled “What I Learned from My Cancer Scare” in which he became the more humbled Mr. Mehmet Oz. As noted previously here, Dr. Oz last summer had a colonoscopy at age 50 and much to...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 10:32 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Creating Value-Based Incentives For Primary Care

By BRIAN KLEPPER & DAVID KIBBE, MD In a remarkable recent interview, Donald Berwick MD, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), eloquently described his vision of value-based health care. Paying for value is an incentive...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 2:37 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Why Angry Birds Gets More Play Than Health Apps

By JESSIE GRUMAN I have been musing about why, despite our fascination with gadgets and timesaving devices, so few of us use the apps and tools that have been developed to help us take care of ourselves. The range of options is staggering – my iPhone...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 12:38 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Jessie Gruman, Tech, Health apps, Angry birds

Health Data-Palooza!!!

Thursday June 9, 2011, 9:00am EDT Watch the Live Webcast: http://videocast.nih.gov/ or http://www.hhs.gov/live/ Harnessing the Power of Data to Improve Health Featured Speakers: Aneesh Chopra, US CTO; Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media; Matt Miller, NPR;...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 11:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

The Summer of Sequels

By DAVID DRANOVE I have seen this film before. Folks get all excited about the potential for vertical integration to save our healthcare system, and then the facts emerge. The results of the first major ACO demonstration project are in and unless there...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 9:46 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, David Dranove, ACOs, Vertical integration

Costs are Up…Because They’re Higher Than They Were

By EVAN FALCHUK In perhaps no other country is there a greater abundance of data about health care than there is in the United States. And in perhaps no other country is there more confusion as to what’s really going on. Take the recent report by powerhouse...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 3:36 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Healthcare costs, Evan Falchuk

First Meaningful Use Dollars Are Just the Start

By JONATHAN BUSH The first of our clients just got issued his Meaningful Use check. He is Dr. Allen Ferguson, a family practice doc in Eaton, Ohio. He practices in a health professional shortage area so it was a little bigger than the $18K maximum year...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 3:20 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Meaningful Use, Jonathan Bush, Meaningful use bonus

The Role of Conflicted Science in the Cell Phone-Cancer Link

By MERRILL GOOZNER Dr. Len over at the American Cancer Society is raising legitimate questions about the early release of findings by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that cell phone use may increase the...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 8:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Merrill Goozner, Cell phone, Cancer, WHO

Getting Transparency Right

By PAUL LEVY This is about transparency, when it is useful and when it is not. The term is now an established part of the health care lexicon, but there is little substantive discussion about how it is being used. As I said in an article in Business Week...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 6:28 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Paul Levy, Transparency

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Ryan’s “vouchercare” is a false choice

Cost-consciousness and clinical decision-making

Some of My Best Friends are in Private Equity

An Obama-Gingrich-Ryan Ticket on Health Policy Reform

What Dr. Oz Learned From His Cancer Scare

Creating Value-Based Incentives For Primary Care

Why Angry Birds Gets More Play Than Health Apps

Health Data-Palooza!!!

The Summer of Sequels

Costs are Up…Because They’re Higher Than They Were

First Meaningful Use Dollars Are Just the Start

The Role of Conflicted Science in the Cell Phone-Cancer Link

Getting Transparency Right