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Hillary’s Pneumonia

By SAURABH JHA, MD It is selfish of a leader of a nation to drop dead during office. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, died suddenly at 74, apparently from a ruptured aneurysm. His aneurysm, allegedly, had something to do with Edwina Mountbatten...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2016 3:09 PM by THCB

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Obama Channeled Orszag, Orszag Channeled the Dartmouth Institute

By KIP SULLIVAN, JD In an open letter to President Obama that I posted here on August 24, I stated that his expectation that the Affordable Care Act would have a deflationary effect was naive. I said he was badly misled by the managed care movement, and...

Published Thu, Sep 01 2016 9:06 AM by THCB

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EpiPenEconomics

By DEVON HERRICK Americans throw away unused epinephrine auto-injectors worth more than $1 billion annually. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that Americans waste more than $1 billion annually on $50 million worth of epinephrine auto-injectors...

Published Sat, Sep 03 2016 12:51 PM by THCB

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Plans For the Quality Payment Program in 2017: Pick Your Track

By ANDY SLAVITT As the baby boom generation ages, 10,000 people enter the Medicare program each day. Facing that demand, it is essential that Medicare continues to support physicians in delivering high-quality patient care. This includes increasing its...

Published Thu, Sep 08 2016 8:06 PM by THCB

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The Levers We Have at Our Disposal to Reduce Spending on High Cost Claimants

By CINDI SLATER A new report out from the American Health Policy Institute and Leavitt Partners further quantifies what we already know: a handful of employees are responsible for the bulk of employers’ health care spending. The new report documented...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2016 12:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, high cost care, Cindi Slater, shared decision making
An Update on Price / Cost Transparency + A Promising New Service

By STEVEN FINDLAY Transparency for consumers on prices and costs is a bipartisan goal in healthcare. The good news is progress is afoot. The bad news: that progress is still painfully slow. This blog presents a quick status update with discussion of and...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2016 9:28 AM by THCB

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Hillary’s Pneumonia

Obama Channeled Orszag, Orszag Channeled the Dartmouth Institute

EpiPenEconomics

Plans For the Quality Payment Program in 2017: Pick Your Track

The Levers We Have at Our Disposal to Reduce Spending on High Cost Claimants

An Update on Price / Cost Transparency + A Promising New Service