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A Health Plan CEO Daydreams
By MICHEL ACCAD, MD Jim was at his desk, looking weary. The last few weeks had been brutal. Despite working twelve-hour days, he felt that he had little to show for it. His annual board meeting was to take place the next day, and he expected it to be...
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Thu, May 04 2017 12:58 PM
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Health Reform Must End the Harms of Prior Authorizations
By CRAIG BLINDERMAN, MD As the White House continues to push for a revised Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one thing is for certain, many of the sickest Americans will continue to suffer as they are denied medications and...
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Wed, May 03 2017 9:17 AM
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How America Dropped the Ball on Sports Concussions
By JASON CHUNG & AMANDA ZINK As GOP lawmakers grapple with the “replace” aspect of Obamacare and seek to overhaul the subject “nobody knew could be so complicated,” we must remember that one of the best ways to reduce spiraling healthcare costs is...
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Wed, May 03 2017 8:28 AM
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Building Boats and EHRS
By PETER ELIAS, MD Imagine that you want a boat. You tell someone to build or buy you a boat, and tell them to send you a bill. What would you get? A kayak? A windsurfer? A boat for waterskiing? A sailboat. A party boat? A cruise ship? A submarine? A...
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Tue, May 02 2017 1:26 PM
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The Ketamine Papers: Science, Therapy & Transformation
BY SUNEEL RATAAN The Ketamine Papers serves as an essential window into the rapidly accelerating application of the anesthetic *** party drug ketamine to individuals with disorders such as treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder...
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Tue, May 02 2017 11:19 AM
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The Doctor Will Connect With You Now
By JOSEPH KVEDAR, MD One of my advisors has a great perspective on healthcare delivery from the large system perspective. He served as the chief of staff to our last CEO. Recently, he posed an incisive question to me.: “Joe, when are we going to take...
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Mon, May 01 2017 11:25 AM
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Nature vs Nurture
By, SAURABH JHA MD My wife chooses sides in the nature-versus-nurture war expeditiously. When our children are polite, she credits her nurture. When they’re rowdy, she blames my genes. But the nature-nurture war won’t be resolved anytime soon....
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Sat, Apr 29 2017 10:49 AM
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Would Repealing the ACA Violate International Law?
By DAVID INTROCASO and JASON CHUNG Barely one month after a stinging and stunning legislative defeat, President Donald Trump has committed to revising the AHCA and potentially resubmitting it for Congressional approval. In addition to Democrats and widespread...
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Fri, Apr 28 2017 9:11 AM
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Can Interactive Group Therapy Boost Productivity in Medicine?
By DEVON HERRICK Imagine attending private lectures and taking all your college exams in your professors’ offices individually, one-on-one. Your instructors lecture you, then pepper you with questions, grading your answers and recording your scores. This...
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Thu, Apr 27 2017 1:02 PM
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GuideWell Wants Your Opinion: Deadline Tomorrow!
By CHELSEA POLANIECKI It goes without saying that a cancer diagnosis is daunting, terrifying and can be completely life-altering. With approximately 40 percent of men and women being diagnosed at some pointduring their lifetimes. cancer changes a survivor...
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Thu, Apr 27 2017 9:19 AM
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The Return of the Angry Granny State
By CHARLES SILVER Texas should call itself The Granny State. That’s because it’s a nanny state in which the public officials who run the place have the values of a tea-totaling, Bible-thumping biddy who knows how God wants everyone to live and can’t resist...
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Wed, Apr 26 2017 12:44 PM
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The Fairy Tale of a Non-Profit Hospital
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD Nonprofit hospitals have higher profit margins than most for-profit hospitals after accounting for their tax obligations. 3900 (62%) of U.S. Hospitals are non-profit and therefore tax-exempt: they pay no property tax, no federal or...
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Tue, Apr 25 2017 9:04 AM
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BTG buys Oncoverse–Amanda Goltz explains all
Amanda Goltz is a massive ball of energy in the world of digital health. For the past 2 years she’s been working for English pharma company BTG. But how does a pharma company get involved in health tech without wasting everyone’s time, and...
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Mon, Apr 24 2017 4:42 PM
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Matthew Holt
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Pharma
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Amanda Goltz
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Oncoverse
The Sad Myth of the Direct to Consumer Startup
By LISA SUENNEN Last week I had a startup entrepreneur come to me with an idea about how to “pivot” his company strategy. The company, which had begun as a medical device company but couldn’t quite find it’s market, was considering re-emerging as a consumer...
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Mon, Apr 24 2017 8:55 AM
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Finding Care Can Be Easy; Check Out The RWJF Choosing Care Challenge Finalists
By CHELSEA POLANIECKI PARTNER CONTENT How would you get to an unfamiliar destination without Google Maps, Waze, a GPS or even an old school map? Now how about your health care– how do you determine which road to take when you need local, reliable and...
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Mon, Apr 24 2017 7:05 AM
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Catalyst @ Health 2.0
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