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How Insane Could This Get?

STEVEN FINDLAY At long last, the Senate is poised to begin voting today on a measure to repeal and/or alter portions of the Affordable Care Act. Much remains in flux regarding process and the substance of what will be voted on. According to multiple media...

Published Tue, Jul 25 2017 12:17 PM by THCB

Filed under: Senate, Uncategorized, Findlay, McCain, Skinny

ONC Interoperability Meeting Raises More Questions Than Answers

By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD ONC’s first public event under the new administration was very well organized and run. Eight leading health information exchange incumbents were able to describe their current approaches and plans, the patient advocate position was...

Published Tue, Jul 25 2017 9:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Health + Design, Refactored

By ANDY ORAM Health care providers love to vaunt the unique and subtle needs of patients. How many ads have you heard from cancer centers or health clinics touting their flexibility and showing grateful, tear-flecked patients? But key aspects of our health...

Published Tue, Jul 25 2017 7:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Winners Announced: RWJF Choosing Care Challenge!

By CHELSEA POLANIECKI Ever step out of your doctor’s office feeling overwhelmed and instantly forget all of your doctor’s instructions? Instinctively, you look down to your phone to check your texts and emails–wait, no. Instead, you look down to...

Published Mon, Jul 24 2017 12:46 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Should McCain fight or fold?

ANISH KOKA, MD There are 80,000 new cases of primary brain tumors diagnosed every year in the United States. About 26,000 of these cases are of the malignant variety – and John McCain unfortunately joined their ranks last week. In cancer, fate is...

Published Mon, Jul 24 2017 8:30 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Anish Koka, John McCain

I Finally Understand US Health Policy

By UWE REINHARDT The following exchange occurred during an interview of President Trump with journalists of the NYT: HABERMAN: That’s been the thing for four years. When you win an entitlement, you can’t take it back. TRUMP: But what it does, Maggie,...

Published Thu, Jul 20 2017 3:17 PM by THCB

Filed under: Insurance, Uncategorized, Trump, Trumpcare

Watching Obamacare Die

By KIP SULLIVAN It’s hard to know what “Trumpcare” is, but whether it’s “repeal” or “repeal and replace with something terrific,” it was and is going to fail. It was either going to fail to be enacted by...

Published Thu, Jul 20 2017 2:53 PM by THCB

Filed under: ACA, Uncategorized, Kip Sullivan, Trumpacare

SMACK.health — the new way to think about health tech

By MATTHEW HOLT I’ve also been having a bit of fun with creating a new site called SMACK.health, which uses the new .health domain extension. Well you knew you needed both a new definition to replace the fuzzy term “digital health” and...

Published Thu, Jul 20 2017 7:05 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Parsely Health Interview & Job Ad!

By MATTHEW HOLT A little while back I caught up with former Health 2.0er Robin Berzin. (I first ran this video interview on Facebook). She’s a functional medicine doctor and now CEO of Parsley Health, a direct pay/concierge functional medicine clinic...

Published Wed, Jul 19 2017 6:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Physicians

Healthcare’s Hundred Years’ War

By JOHN IRVINE Is Trumpcare Dead? Was it ever really alive? Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran said yesterday that they would not vote for the Better Care Reconciliation Act, effectively killing the legislation. As anybody who has been following this story...

Published Tue, Jul 18 2017 1:07 PM by THCB

Filed under: ACA, Obamacare, Uncategorized, Exchanges, John Irvine, Trumpcare, McConnell

Regulatory Capture Tests the New Administration

By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD The bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act charges HHS / ONC to deal with two issues that previous laws (HIPAA and HITECH) and the Obama HHS left in-progress: information blocking and longitudinal health records. ONC needs to deal with...

Published Mon, Jul 17 2017 11:36 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, National Trust Frame

The Most Important Questions About the GOP’s Health Plan Go Beyond Insurance and Deficits

By ROSS KOPPEL and JASMINE MARTINEZ Ending healthcare for those who need it will not make them or their problems disappear. On the contrary, the GOP plan will shatter American families and the economy. Nothing magical happens if we stop caring for the...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 1:06 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Which Is More Efficient: Employer-Sponsored Insurance or Medicaid?

By SAURABH JHA, MD An old disagreement between Uwe Reinhardt and Sally Pipes in Forbes is a teachable moment. There’s a dearth of confrontational debates in health policy and education is worse off for it. Crux of the issue is the more efficient system...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 9:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Economics, Medicaid, Op-Ed, Uwe Reinhardt, employer-sponsored insurance, Sally Pipes

The Entertainment Presidency: A Primer For Health Care Professionals

By RICHARD GUNDERMAN, MD and BENJAMIN GRAY, MD Many physicians have expressed dismay at the conduct of US president Donald Trump. But whether colleagues find his politics objectionable or congenial, his conduct bold or vulgar, and the man himself an imbecile...

Published Tue, Jul 11 2017 7:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Trump

Changing Health Insurance Plans Again. Seriously?

By PAUL KECKLEY On the golf course, my son Jason has an uncanny ability to hit any tree within earshot of his intended target line. It’s fait accompli in his book. And his reaction is always the same: “seriously!” The same is his plight with health insurance...

Published Mon, Jul 10 2017 4:46 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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How Insane Could This Get?

ONC Interoperability Meeting Raises More Questions Than Answers

Health + Design, Refactored

Winners Announced: RWJF Choosing Care Challenge!

Should McCain fight or fold?

I Finally Understand US Health Policy

Watching Obamacare Die

SMACK.health — the new way to think about health tech

Parsely Health Interview & Job Ad!

Healthcare’s Hundred Years’ War

Regulatory Capture Tests the New Administration

The Most Important Questions About the GOP’s Health Plan Go Beyond Insurance and Deficits

Which Is More Efficient: Employer-Sponsored Insurance or Medicaid?

The Entertainment Presidency: A Primer For Health Care Professionals

Changing Health Insurance Plans Again. Seriously?