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The Top Ten Immediate Benefits Americans Will Receive When Health Care Reform Passes

By MAGGIE MAHAR Yesterday, the Democratic Caucus of the House listed the provisions of the health reform bill that will take effect “as soon as health care passes,” The legislation would: Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 10:48 AM by The Health Care Blog

George Clooney Was Onto Something

By JESSIE GRUMAN In the Oscar-nominated movie “Up in the Air,” Ryan Bingham (aka George Clooney), travels around the country firing employees for company bosses who don’t have the stomach to do it themselves -– the ones who prefer to... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 5:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Price controls do not work

By PAUL LEVY If there is anything about economics that has been proven over and over, it is that price controls do not work. The unintended consequences are usually worse than the problem that led to the solution in the... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 7:41 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Effectiveness of IPAB

By ROGER COLLIER For the first time, the federal government may be able to sidestep Congress and impose its own Medicare cost-containment policies. At least, that’s what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act promises in creating the Independent...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 7:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Capping Co-Pays Doesn’t Lower Drug Costs

By DEVON HERRICK Politicians are concerned about your drug costs. Unfortunately, their proposals could actually raise drug prices and force you to pay more, albeit indirectly. For instance, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposes to cap your prescription...

Published Thu, Aug 18 2016 3:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Catching up with Anvita Health

By Matthew Holt Another one of my HIMSS interviews that's taken a while to make it onto THCB. But that shouldn't fool you--Anvita Health is one of the more interesting companies out there, doing complex analytics to personalize and identify.....

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, PBMs

Dashboards Are For 737 Pilots, Not Physicians.

By JACOB REIDER, MD You’re right, Dr Hatch. Nobody’s feels like they’re winning. Last week I was in a room with a group of physicians, and the Chief Medical Officer of an ACO was explaining to them that he could give them all dashboards that they would...

Published Mon, Feb 20 2017 8:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Think Different about Patient Engagement: Aetna, Apple, and a Vision of Digital Health’s Future, Part 2

By LYGEIA RICCARDI This is the second post in a series on digital health inspired by Aetna and Apple, whose developing partnership is poised to impact millions of Americans. Part 1 is Mystery Mission in LA. Getting to Patient Engagement “Patient engagement...

Published Mon, Aug 28 2017 10:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Dear Humans, Diverse Social Networks are the Answer

By MARTIN SAMUELS, MD In biology, it is clear that access to more genes leads to greater overall health. This is true because it allows for a greater likelihood that a genetic defect can be compensated by a gene from a different pool. This is the reason...

Published Thu, Aug 10 2017 10:47 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Marty Samuels, Diversity, social networks

Sifting Through the Masses to Find Relevant Tech

By ALYX STERNLICHT Much of the time, finding the right partner to test your technology can be difficult and time consuming. From an enterprise healthcare organization’s perspective, identifying innovative technology that fits the strategic needs...

Published Mon, Aug 14 2017 9:08 AM by THCB

Filed under: Catalyst @ Health 2.0

From Takeoff to Touchdown, It’s About Engaging the Patient

By CHRIS ZANT SPONSORED CONTENT In my personal time away from my role at Deloitte, I am a private pilot and passionate volunteer for a charity that facilitates free air transportation for children and adults with medical conditions who Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 13 2016 10:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Dear Mr. Slavitt, Please Come Visit My Office

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD Andy, if you want to fix primary care you must do some field research. Come spend one day, or even a week at my office or another small primary care physicians’ office. You need to see what we do on a daily basis and actually understand...

Published Mon, Jul 11 2016 7:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Proposed Drug and Device Laws Should Be Pushed to 2017

By PAUL BROWN, TRACY RUPP, and STEVEN FINDLAY Senate leaders now say they won’t consider companion legislation to the House-passed 21st Century Cures Act until September, after months of delay. Lawmakers would then have to reconcile the differing House...

Published Thu, Jul 14 2016 8:29 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Steven Findlay, Consumer's Union, FDA User Fees, Medical Devices, 21st Century Cures Act

The Black List Part II (Features Which Should Be In Every EHR, But For Some Reason Aren’t)

By HAYWARD ZWERLING, MD I have been involved in HIT for 2.5 decades as a designer and primary programmer of a commercial EMR which I developed for my practice and was sold from 2000 until 2015. As a result of that experience, and 15 years of interactions...

Published Sat, Jun 18 2016 5:38 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, The Black List

Feed Me, Media Guy

By MICHEL ACCAD, MD In his recent article “Feed Me, Pharma,” ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein has been calling attention to studies showing that the prescribing decisions of doctors are linked to to the amount of money that drug companies can bestow on them...

Published Fri, Jul 01 2016 10:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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The Top Ten Immediate Benefits Americans Will Receive When Health Care Reform Passes

George Clooney Was Onto Something

Price controls do not work

The Effectiveness of IPAB

Capping Co-Pays Doesn’t Lower Drug Costs

Catching up with Anvita Health

Dashboards Are For 737 Pilots, Not Physicians.

Think Different about Patient Engagement: Aetna, Apple, and a Vision of Digital Health’s Future, Part 2

Dear Humans, Diverse Social Networks are the Answer

Sifting Through the Masses to Find Relevant Tech

From Takeoff to Touchdown, It’s About Engaging the Patient

Dear Mr. Slavitt, Please Come Visit My Office

Proposed Drug and Device Laws Should Be Pushed to 2017

The Black List Part II (Features Which Should Be In Every EHR, But For Some Reason Aren’t)

Feed Me, Media Guy