July 2015 - The Health Care Blog - The Network of Care

HIT Newser: CMS & AMA Agree to be Odd ICD-10 Bedfellows

By MICHELLE RONAN NOTEBOOM CMS agrees to first-year flexibility in ICD-10 claims processing CMS releases guidance that will allow for flexibility in the claims auditing and quality reporting process for the new ICD-10 codeset. CMS will keep the October...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2015 3:45 AM by THCB

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Yes, Expand Medicaid!

By STEVE FINDLAY President Obama was right last week to pivot to two things in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) decision: (a) a plea to Republicans (yet again) to please, pretty please drop their opposition to the law and join...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2015 8:15 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Medicaid Expansion

Stealing a Page From Medicine’s Playbook: The American Board of Baseball

By RICHARD GUNDERMAN, MD As kids growing up in the Midwestern United States, my friends and I loved baseball. We spent many hours each summer day playing the game, and when we weren’t out on the sandlot, we were reciting the stats of top players, arguing...

Published Sun, Jul 05 2015 9:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, The American Board of Baseball

Designing With Data Across Devices

By MATTHEW HOLT If flying an airplane without cockpit instruments is equivalent to having no data about healthcare delivery, then flying an airplane with an overwhelmingly complex cockpit data environment is probably just as dangerous. In this compelling...

Published Sat, Jul 04 2015 6:30 AM by THCB

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A Declaration of Data Independence Through the Lens of the Patient

By BRIAN AHIER This weekend is not only independence day in the US, it’s the culmination of a patient-led uprising to demand that providers hand over their medical data. To that end I & THCB are supporting Health Data Independence Day. Sign...

Published Fri, Jul 03 2015 1:49 PM by THCB

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It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, It’s SCOTUS!!

By SAURABH JHA, MD In a 6:3 decision, SCOTUS rescued Obamacare once again. Obamacare, untouched by Donald Trump and the Anti-Death Panelists, was almost brought to its knees by a single word; a lowly, miserable, reclusive preposition – “by”. A brief...

Published Thu, Jul 02 2015 9:12 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, SCOTUS, King v Burwell

Quantifying the Art of Medicine

By BRIAN C. QUINN Historically, placebos have been defined as a sugar pill or inert substance used as a control variable in experimental studies. Placebo effects were considered a nuisance. Researchers and clinicians have paid little attention to the...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 3:12 PM by THCB

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No MUwithoutMe: Here’s What Happened When I Requested My Medical Records

By CINDY NAYER As an innovator, restless entrepreneur, and national award winner for consumer engagement, I was intrigued with the stories I was reading about accessing the patient portal for data, basically the looking glass into “my data.”...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 11:35 AM by THCB

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An Anatomy of Chairs

By CLIFTON MEADOR, MD R had been my patient for over a year. She was referred to me by a colleague. She had 38 symptoms. All tests and imaging studies failed to find any demonstrable medical disease; I considered her to have “symptoms of unknown...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 8:26 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Symptoms of Unknown Origin

FTC Files First Ever Complaint Against a Kickstarter Project …

By DARRELL WEST and JACK KARSTEN Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have exploded in popularity over the past few years. As the number of funded projects has grown so have the number of projects that never deliver on their stated goals. The Federal...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 5:34 AM by THCB

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HIT Newser: CMS & AMA Agree to be Odd ICD-10 Bedfellows

Yes, Expand Medicaid!

Stealing a Page From Medicine’s Playbook: The American Board of Baseball

Designing With Data Across Devices

A Declaration of Data Independence Through the Lens of the Patient

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, It’s SCOTUS!!

Quantifying the Art of Medicine

No MUwithoutMe: Here’s What Happened When I Requested My Medical Records

An Anatomy of Chairs

FTC Files First Ever Complaint Against a Kickstarter Project …