March 2018 - The Health Care Blog

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...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2018 4:05 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Paul Keckley

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...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2018 2:14 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2018 1:35 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, AMA, Obamacare, Israel, digital health, Health in 2 Point 00, #jessicadamassa, CSRs

MyFitnessPal and the State of Data Privacy in America

By JASON CHUNG This week MyFitnessPal announced that it had suffered a massive security breach which exposed or compromised 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts. Data that is affected included usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords. Luckily for...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2018 5:06 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

On Theranos: It’s Time to Throw the Book at Healthcare Tech Frauds

By JASON CHUNG Huge news hit today as Theranos, its Chairman and CEO Elizabeth Holmes and its former President and COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani were charged with “elaborate, years-long fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The litany of supposed...

Published Wed, Mar 14 2018 2:23 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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...

Published Mon, Mar 19 2018 7:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Right to Try

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 10

Jessica DaMassa asks me about PBMs, Amazon Prime for Medicaid, Patents and more–all in 2 minutes — Oh, and if you want to sponsor this and reach a bunch of people here & on Linkedin, let us know! — Matthew Holt Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 18 2018 9:07 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, PBMs, Amazon, Health in 2 Point 00, #jessicadamassa, patents

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...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2018 9:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

I Treated the Columbine Kids. I Have Not Spoken Out Before.

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD A National School Walkout Day is planned for March 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. and will last 17 minutes in honor of the 17 students and staff members killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day...

Published Sat, Mar 10 2018 2:02 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2018 10:24 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health in 2 Point 00

Health Care’s Pigs and Pokes

By ROBERT MCNUTT, MD & NORTIN HADLER, MD Take the example of a middle-aged woman undergoing chemotherapy for *** cancer. Month after month she receives a bill for $16,000. This purchases a monthly infusion of one chemotherapeutic agent. Much of the...

Published Sun, Mar 18 2018 8:37 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Conflicted-Disruption Complex

By ART CAPLAN Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and chief executive of the controversial company Theranos, has been charged with an “elaborate, years-long fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC alleges that Holmes and former...

Published Wed, Mar 14 2018 2:19 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes

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...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2018 10:09 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

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,...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2018 1:39 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Three Reasons Amazon’s Mega Partnership Is Fertile Ground For Innovation

By RYAN MARLING Amazon has chosen its initial partners for its foray into healthcare—Berkshire Hathaway, the third largest public company in the world, and JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banks in the world. Their mission is ambitious: to check the...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2018 9:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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The Myth That Refuses to Die: All Health Care is Local

Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning For the Extremely Confused

Health in 2 point 00 — Episode 12

MyFitnessPal and the State of Data Privacy in America

On Theranos: It’s Time to Throw the Book at Healthcare Tech Frauds

After Right to Try Fails, Here’s How We Can Actually Bring Potentially Life-Saving Drugs to Patients in Need

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 10

Bad Medicine: Medicaid Managed Drug Plan Rollback

I Treated the Columbine Kids. I Have Not Spoken Out Before.

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 11

Health Care’s Pigs and Pokes

The Conflicted-Disruption Complex

Deadline This Week For Your Special Rate For Health 2.0 Annual Conference

Why Lawmakers Must Vote Down Right to Try

Three Reasons Amazon’s Mega Partnership Is Fertile Ground For Innovation