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The Doctor Will Connect With You Now
By JOSEPH KVEDAR, MD One of my advisors has a great perspective on healthcare delivery from the large system perspective. He served as the chief of staff to our last CEO. Recently, he posed an incisive question to me.: “Joe, when are we going to take...
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Mon, May 01 2017 11:25 AM
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Health Reform Must End the Harms of Prior Authorizations
By CRAIG BLINDERMAN, MD As the White House continues to push for a revised Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one thing is for certain, many of the sickest Americans will continue to suffer as they are denied medications and...
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Wed, May 03 2017 9:17 AM
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THCB
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Dear President Trump, About That Health Care Law
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD I hope you read this letter. I doubt you will. I know you’re busy rebuilding Washington, reshaping the international order and doing a lot of other weighty stuff. Full disclosure, I voted for you. Not because you promised to...
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Fri, May 05 2017 11:01 AM
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How Is This Medical Bill Possible?
By RICHARD WAGEMAN, MD Two recent hospital admissions and the medical record dictation records events, visits, and documentation of physical examinations that did not occur. Hospital stay 1 was for asthmatic bronchitis. Thru the ED I was admitted to a...
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Wed, May 10 2017 4:27 PM
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The Little Louisiana Purchase
By ROBERT PEARL, MD “Pigs get fat, but hogs get slaughtered,” the saying goes. And so may it prove to be true for the pharmaceutical industry. Three articles, all published recently, illustrate the greed and egregious pricing by certain drug...
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Fri, May 12 2017 9:47 AM
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Bob Wachter’s 2017 Penn Med Commencement Address “Go to Radiology”
By ROBERT WACHTER, MD Dean Jameson, Trustees, Faculty, Family and Friends, and most of all, Graduates of the Class of 2017: Standing before you on this wonderful day, seeing all the proud parents and significant others, I can’t help but think about my...
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Wed, May 17 2017 11:11 AM
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UCSF
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10 Reasons why you MUST attend HxR 2017!
By JILL MERRIGAN We know there are plenty of healthcare conferences to choose from if you’re looking to get inspired. However, we strongly believe our conference really sets us apart when it comes to applying design and technology to improve health...
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Fri, May 19 2017 11:19 AM
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THCB
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Suppose It’s an Obligation and Not a Right?
By THE DARK GODDESS OF REPLEVIN Suppose we frame the current health insurance* debate in a different way? *It is about insurance. “Health insurance”=/=”health care,” although the former should lead to the latter. Rather than arguing...
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Mon, May 22 2017 8:49 AM
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On Teaching Hospitals and Conflict of Interest and Other Politically Charged Topics
By ASHISH JHA, MD How much does it matter which hospital you go to? Of course, it matters a lot – hospitals vary enormously on quality of care, and choosing the right hospital can mean the difference between life and death. The problem is that it’s hard...
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Tue, May 23 2017 1:04 PM
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How CMS Undermines Pioneer ACOs and What to do About It
By KIP SULLIVAN In my first post in this three-part series, I documented three problems with Pioneer ACOs: High churn rates among patients and doctors; assignment to ACOs of healthy patients; and assignment of so few ACO patients to each ACO doctor that...
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Fri, May 26 2017 10:24 AM
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Winning the Doctor Lottery
By ANISH KOKA, MD A poignant piece recently appeared in the journal Health Affairs and was rapidly devoured on social media by the health policy community. The story is a harrowing first person account of a woman’s multiple interactions with doctors...
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Tue, May 30 2017 3:14 PM
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The Ketamine Papers: Science, Therapy & Transformation
BY SUNEEL RATAAN The Ketamine Papers serves as an essential window into the rapidly accelerating application of the anesthetic *** party drug ketamine to individuals with disorders such as treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder...
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Tue, May 02 2017 11:19 AM
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A Health Plan CEO Daydreams
By MICHEL ACCAD, MD Jim was at his desk, looking weary. The last few weeks had been brutal. Despite working twelve-hour days, he felt that he had little to show for it. His annual board meeting was to take place the next day, and he expected it to be...
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Thu, May 04 2017 12:58 PM
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THCB
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repeal and replace
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MICHEL ACCAD
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AHCA
Not Really Insurance: The Pre-Existing Condition Debate
By DAVID DRANOVE and CRAIG GARTHWAITE The recent debate over the potential repeal and replacement of the ACA, with the current focus on coverage for preexisting conditions, has drawn a great deal of attention to the concept of health insurance. While...
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Sat, May 06 2017 12:51 PM
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THCB
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risk
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Free Rider
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Is It Possible to Stop Talking About What Insurance Companies Need?
BY CARL FRANZEN While Congress ponders a true fix for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), consider this about health coverage. Problem #1, Can’t Use It: Healthy people, or people who don’t make a lot of money, sign up for the cheapest health insurance...
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Wed, May 10 2017 5:07 PM
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