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Health Care-Related Public-Private Partnerships Will Likely Become the Norm in 2019

By MARY SCOTT NABERS The United States ranks number one in the world for health care spending as a percentage of GDP. That sounds great… but, for instance, Texas ranks only 11th worldwide when it comes to performance. That’s because of access to care...

Published Mon, Nov 26 2018 6:30 AM by THCB

Filed under: Hospitals, The Business of Health Care, public-private partnerships, health innovation, health spending, Mary Scott Nabers, health care partnerships, P3, U.S. health spending

Many Ways of Skinning a Statistical Cat

By SAURABH JHA MD In this episode of Firing Line, Saurabh Jha (aka @RogueRad), has a conversation with Professor Brian Nosek, a metaresearcher and co-founder of Center for Open Science. They discuss the implications of this study, which showed that there...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2018 7:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: Data, Saurabh Jha, Radiology Firing Line Podcasts, data analysis, Radiology Firing Line Podcast

Iowa Race Questions Logic of Significance of Health Policy Debate

By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY According to the Democrats, their success across the country in the midterm elections has largely been due to the party running on healthcare. Indeed, surveys such as the one conducted by Health Research Incorporated indicated...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2018 6:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Politics, Health policy, Trump, Iowa, Midterm Elections, Toothpic

Where to Apply Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

By HANS DUVEFELT MD I have seen the light. I now, finally, see a clear role for artificial intelligence in health care. And, no, I don’t want it to replace me. I want it to complement me. I want AI to take over the mandated, mundane tasks of what...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2018 6:38 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Artificial intelligence, Hans Duvefelt, AI

Win, Lose, or Draw: Not all ACA Enrollees Gain from Increased Competition

By KATHERINE HEMPSTEAD PhD The 2019 ACA plan year is notable for the increase in insurer participation in the marketplace. Expansion and entry have been substantial, and the percent of counties with one insurer has declined from more than 50 percent to...

Published Thu, Dec 13 2018 6:16 AM by THCB

Filed under: Politics, ACA, Health insurance, Health policy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ACA Marketplace, health economics, Finance

What Does Congressional Gridlock Mean for the Rest of the Country?

By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY Often, a Congressional gridlock is essentially good. This is because the executive arm of government is forced to consider a bipartisan approach to issues if it’s to secure the approval of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2018 10:13 AM by THCB

Filed under: Congress, Politics, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Health policy, Trump, Midterm Elections, Amy Long, Joe Molloy, Congressional gridlock

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 63 Walgreens & Fedex partnership, Verily’s adherence program, & more!

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I get festive for the holidays. In this episode, Jess asks me about Walgreens and its new partnership with FedEx for next day prescription delivery and with Verily to help patients with prescription adherence. She...

Published Fri, Dec 21 2018 9:11 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, FDA, Glen Tullman, Walgreens, Cerner, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Flatiron Health, Livongo, Verily, Zane Burke, Amy Abernethy, Pokitdoc, Jennifer Schneider, Atrium Health, Change Healthcare, FedEx

Is CareMore Health’s Population Health Management Model Disruptive?

By REBECCA FOGG Fueled by Americans’ urgent need for better chronic disease care and insurers’ march from fee-for-service to value-based payments, innovation in population health management is accelerating across the health care industry. But it’s hardly...

Published Thu, Dec 27 2018 8:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: Medicare, Patients, Medicaid, Population Health, disruptive innovation, Healthcare innovation, Rebecca Fogg, CareMore Health

Creating an Infrastructure of Health Data to Support Amazon’s Leap into Healthcare

By CLAUDIA WILLIAMS Amazon has transformed the way we read books, shop online, host websites, do cloud computing, and watch TV. Can they apply their successes in all these other areas to healthcare? Just last week, Amazon announced Comprehend Medical...

Published Mon, Dec 31 2018 7:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: EHR, Tech, Amazon, value-based care, Health Data, Amazon Comprehend Medical, personalized healthcare, Claudia Williams, health informatics, Manifest MedEx

Not Fake News! A Trump Administration Rule Models Government Civility

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON A Trump administration regulation issued just hours before the partial federal shutdown offers quiet hope for civility in government. What happened, on its face, was simple: an update of the rules governing a particular Medicare...

Published Wed, Jan 09 2019 6:12 AM by THCB

Filed under: Medicare, Michael Millenson, CMS, ACOs, ACA, Health policy, Trump

Despite Youth On Farm, Abbott Ventures Chief Avoids Spreading Manure

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Abbott Ventures chief Evan Norton may have spent part of his youth on a farm, but there’s no manure in his manner when speaking of the medical device and diagnostics market landscape. The key, he says, is to avoid being blindsided...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2019 7:19 AM by THCB

Filed under: Michael Millenson, Tech, Data, The Business of Health Care, Health Tech, Medical Devices, Health Data, Evan Norton, Abbott Ventures, OM Signal

WTF Health | Self-Reported Patient Monitoring Startup from Finland, Kaiku Health

By JESSICA DAMASSA WTF Health – ‘What’s the Future’ Health? is a new interview series about the future of the health industry and how we love to hate WTF is wrong with it right now. Can’t get enough? Check out more interviews...

Published Wed, Jun 20 2018 12:25 PM by THCB

Filed under: Oncology, patient portal, Startup, Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, Finland, Jaakko Laukkanen, Upgraded Life Festival, Kaiku Health, Patient Monitoring, Nordics

Can Medicaid Expansion Survive?

By STEVE FINDLAY Amid fresh political rancor and legal machinations in the ongoing war over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there’s a bright spot: Medicaid. At least for now. This matters. True to predictions made by Obama and supporters when the ACA became...

Published Wed, Jun 20 2018 9:03 PM by THCB

Filed under: Op-Ed, Medicaid Expansion, Repeal + Replace, Medicaid Work Requirements

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 34

I’m back. After the takeover editions, I’m answering Jessica DaMassa about Atul Gawande as the CEO of the ABC new venture, the demise of Caresync, Ooda Health and its demand for a female VC, and whole bunch more blather! — Matthew Holt...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2018 12:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Atul Gawande, Amazon, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Chase, Berkshire Hathaway, CareSync, Better Doctor, Ooda Health

Self-Driving Cars are Like Most EMRs

by HANS DUVEFELT, MD Drivers are distracted klutzes and computers could obviously do better. Self driving cars will make all of us safer on he road. Doctors have spotty knowledge and keep illegible records. EMRs with decision support will improve the...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2018 6:13 AM by THCB

Filed under: Tech, EMR, Small Practice, Self-Driving Cars

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