March 2017 - The Health Care Blog

Dr. Smith Goes to Washington

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD Last week, the AHCA was pulled from the House floor after not enough votes could be secured in favor of its passage. A Washington Post article reported President Trump’s thoughts on the matter. “We couldn’t get one Democrat vote,...

Published Wed, Mar 29 2017 11:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

How to Blow Up the Health Insurance Market In One Easy Step

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI I call support for giving insurance companies the ability to sell insurance across state lines the cockroach proposal. As bad as it is, you just can’t kill the damn thing! Last night, President Trump once again listed this idea...

Published Thu, Mar 02 2017 7:32 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Imagine Ransomware — For Your Body

By JOE FLOWER Wired has an article up, “Medical Devices are the Next Security Nightmare.” It’s all about how vulnerable almost all of these implantable devices and hospital telemetry devices are, with old, unpatchable operating systems, open ports...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2017 9:16 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Hey, Machine Learning (If That’s Even Your Real Name)

By LEONARD D’AVOLIO Hey Machine Learning, I heard what Forbes said about your “setback” at MD Anderson. I also heard rumors going around HIMSS that maybe it’s “too soon” for you to be in healthcare. At first I thought, “serves you right.” There...

Published Mon, Mar 06 2017 6:20 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Rust Belt Is Burning: Republicans Lay Waste to their Base on Health Reform

By JEFF GOLDSMITH William Tecumseh Sherman, who laid waste to the South at the end of the Civil War, famously said, “War is Hell”. So, too, is health reform. And like Sherman’s infamous March to the Sea, where he burned town after Confederate town, the...

Published Wed, Mar 08 2017 9:21 AM by THCB

Filed under: Jeff Goldsmith, Repeal + Replace

Continuous Coverage Clauses in Healthcare Reform: Are They Benign?

By MAGGIE SALINGER A House proposal for repealing and replacing the ACA surfaced last week. The Republican’s healthcare plan tries to seduce us by promising lower premiums and removal of the individual mandate. No longer will Obamacare encroach on personal...

Published Fri, Mar 10 2017 8:49 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Dishonest Conversation on Healthcare

By BLAKE ASHBY The conversation our country is having about healthcare right now is not honest. It’s not just the Republicans, the Democrats are just as dishonest, in a different way. Republicans talk about government death panels denying care....

Published Mon, Mar 13 2017 8:31 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Vanishing Hospital: ASCs Follow the Consumer

Call it what you want, disruption or evolution, but when two of the largest for-profit hospital chains, HCA Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare, and one of the largest insurance intermediary services companies, Optum (part of UnitedHealth Group), invest billions...

Published Tue, Mar 14 2017 4:51 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

#They’llnevercare. Insurance Is Not the Problem. It’s Also Not the Solution

By JOSEPH WOOD Most everyone is talking about Healthcare lately and I just can’t take it anymore and had to send out a primer, because there is so much bad information being floated. I don’t like the ACA replacement because the idea is still based on...

Published Thu, Mar 16 2017 11:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Join Health 2.0’s Free Webinar To Hear the Potential Impact on Health Tech from Repeal & Replace

By DEEPA MISTRY Register for Live Webinar To Hear Experts Discuss The Future of Health Tech In the last week, the Republican Congress introduced the AHCA. What does this mean for the health tech industry, and how will this impact the growth rate of health...

Published Fri, Mar 17 2017 3:47 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, 2016 Election

The Law of Diminishing Returns of Ethics

SAURABH JHA MD Some allege that the FIRST trial, which randomized surgical residencies to strict versus flexible adherence to duty hour restrictions, was unethical because patients weren’t consented for the trial and, as this was an experiment, in the...

Published Mon, Mar 20 2017 2:46 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

I Dub Thee Pronged Care

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE There are approximately 18 million Americans who purchase health insurance on the so called individual market, on and off the Obamacare exchanges. There are another 14 million or so who could be buying insurance on the individual...

Published Wed, Mar 22 2017 6:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Healthcare Reform Compromise That Just Might Work (Maybe)

By BRIAN JOONDEPH, MD Healthcare reform is stalled, so says Politifact. Fake news or the truth? Hard to know these days. President Trump and Speaker Ryan both sounded optimistic in recent public appearances. The Tweeter-in-Chief this week tweeted, “Great...

Published Thu, Mar 23 2017 9:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

How Not to Innovate (And the Stuff You Really Should Be Doing)

JOHN HALAMKA, MD I’ve written several posts over the past two years about the need for innovation in healthcare IT – deploying self-developed apps, leveraging third party cloud hosted functions, and embracing the internet of things. I’ve previously...

Published Fri, Mar 24 2017 9:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, BIDMC, Innovation

Repealed and Misplaced

By KIP SULLIVAN Like Joe, Michael and others, I find myself wondering what, if anything, Trump learned from the demise of the AHCA last Friday. But I’m also wondering what Democrats and other Republicans are thinking. The question I would like to...

Published Sun, Mar 26 2017 7:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Trump, AHCA, Freedom Caucus, William Kristol

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Dr. Smith Goes to Washington

How to Blow Up the Health Insurance Market In One Easy Step

Imagine Ransomware — For Your Body

Hey, Machine Learning (If That’s Even Your Real Name)

The Rust Belt Is Burning: Republicans Lay Waste to their Base on Health Reform

Continuous Coverage Clauses in Healthcare Reform: Are They Benign?

A Dishonest Conversation on Healthcare

The Vanishing Hospital: ASCs Follow the Consumer

#They’llnevercare. Insurance Is Not the Problem. It’s Also Not the Solution

Join Health 2.0’s Free Webinar To Hear the Potential Impact on Health Tech from Repeal & Replace

The Law of Diminishing Returns of Ethics

I Dub Thee Pronged Care

A Healthcare Reform Compromise That Just Might Work (Maybe)

How Not to Innovate (And the Stuff You Really Should Be Doing)

Repealed and Misplaced