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After Right to Try Fails, Here’s How We Can Actually Bring Potentially Life-Saving Drugs to Patients in Need
By MCFADYEN, MOCH & CAPLAN Last week, House Representatives failed to pass “Right to Try” (RTT) legislation, a bill that purported to help terminally ill patients access experimental medications. Opponents of this legislation, including these authors...
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Mon, Mar 19 2018 7:50 AM
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Health in 2 point 00, Episode 11
Today’s episode (we’re going 2 a week for a while here!) in which Jessica DaMassa asks me about Salesforce & Mulesoft, the VA & its API, implication of Cambridge Analytica & Facebook’s scandal, & the Trump Administration’s...
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Wed, Mar 21 2018 10:24 PM
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Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning For the Extremely Confused
By STEPHEN BORSTELMANN, MD Artificial Intelligence is at peak buzzword: it elicits either the euphoria of a technological paradise with anthropomorphic robots to tidy up after us, or fears of hostile machines breaking the human spirit in a world without...
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Fri, Mar 23 2018 2:14 PM
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Making Progress Toward Healthier Pharma Markets
By MICHAEL J. ALKIRE Pharmaceuticals play a major role in today’s population health era – they can prevent and cure disease, improve or maintain wellness and slow progression of existing conditions. Yet, their promise can also be a curse if high prices...
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Tue, Mar 27 2018 11:42 AM
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How the VA Colon Cancer Screening Program Fails African-American Males
By BAILEY FITZGERALD, MD “It’s a terrible way to die” The oncology fellow told me bluntly as we walked to the room. “There is nothing okay about this.” Knocking on the open door, we entered his room. The blinds were raised to reveal a stunning view of...
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Thu, Mar 29 2018 7:11 AM
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Health in 2 point 00 Episode 4, HIMSS18 kickoff special
In which Jessica DaMassa asks me questions about Uber, Apple, Verily, Eric Schmidt, Oliver Wyman and UPMC’s profits. All in 2 minutes in this HIMSS18 special edition. Watch out! As we are going to try to do this every day this week from HIMSS, if...
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Sun, Mar 04 2018 11:14 PM
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Deadline This Week For Your Special Rate For Health 2.0 Annual Conference
SPONSORED POST By HEALTH 2.0 Deadline This Friday To Grab The Lowest Price For The Health 2.0 Annual Fall Conference! Secure your $999 rate today for the 12th Annual Fall Conference before the price increases this weekend. We want you to experience the...
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Tue, Mar 06 2018 10:09 AM
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Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 8
It’s the end of #HIMSS18 where Jessica DaMassa asks me the end of term questions, while the exhibit hall is being torn down around us. We’ll be back to our weekly schedule next week–Matthew Holt Read More...
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Fri, Mar 09 2018 8:59 AM
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What to Decide When You’re Expecting
By ERIN LANDAU and REENA AGGARWAL, MD Selecting an obstetrician or midwife and birth center or hospital is arguably one of the most important decisions that a pregnant woman makes. This choice will determine many aspects of a woman’s pregnancy journey...
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Wed, Mar 07 2018 10:02 AM
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Why Lawmakers Must Vote Down Right to Try
By ANDREW MCFADYEN & ALEXANDRA HALL As rare disease patient advocates, we work with terminally ill patients on a daily basis. A new version of the ‘Right to Try’ bill, which purports to help terminally ill patients access experimental medication,...
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Mon, Mar 12 2018 1:39 PM
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Do We Have a Plan For You!
MICHAEL MILLENSON Struggling to break free from Obamacare oppression, Idaho is offering low-cost health plans that achieve this goal by avoiding covering anyone who’s been sick in the past and skimping on coverage for any diseases that might make you...
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Sat, Mar 17 2018 5:23 AM
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ACA Market Stabilization Push Is On But Success Is Uncertain
By STEVEN FINDLAY A critical test in Congress comes this week in year 2 of the ACA wars. Will lawmakers do the right thing? It’s up in the air—again. Congress has until this Friday at midnight to pass a budget bill to fund the government through Sept...
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Wed, Mar 21 2018 1:04 AM
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Bad Medicine: Medicaid Managed Drug Plan Rollback
By DEVON HERRICK Many states have been looking for alternatives to reimbursing Medicaid providers piecemeal on a fee-for-service (FFS) basis. Increasingly they have been moving beneficiaries into Medicaid managed care plans. Today 39 states contract with...
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Thu, Mar 22 2018 9:59 AM
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Health in 2 point 00 — Episode 12
Jessica DaMassa asks me about the AMA & digital snake oil, Israel investing in Digital Health, and the budget impact on CSRs & Obamacare in today’s edition of Health in 2 point 00 — Matthew Holt Read More...
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Mon, Mar 26 2018 1:35 PM
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The Myth That Refuses to Die: All Health Care is Local
By PAUL KECKLEY In 1980, industry healthcare planners imagined a system where the centerpiece was a hospital in every community and a complement of physicians. Demand forecasting was fairly straightforward: based on the population’s growth and age, the...
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Wed, Mar 28 2018 4:05 PM
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