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Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: November 2018

By BISHAL GYAWALI MD Keynote speech There was a very sobering piece in NEJM by the FDA last month in which the authors try to explore what went wrong with the Keynote-183, Keynote-185 and checkmate 602 trials testing PD-1 inhibitors combinations with...

Published Mon, Dec 17 2018 6:49 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, pharmaceuticals, FDA, Clinical Trials, Oncology, Bishal Gyawali, Cancer drugs, PD-1 inhibitors, cancer immunotherapy

Hotlines Aren’t Enough to Help People at Risk of Suicide

By CARA ANGELOTTA MD Contrary to popular belief, the risk of suicide does not increase around the holidays. But, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, annual suicide rates in the U.S. have risen nearly 30 percent since 1999. Much...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2018 8:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: Patients, public health, Health policy, Cara Angelotta, suicide epidemic, suicide prevention, suicide hotlines

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

Medicaid Expansion is Evidence the Health Policy Debate Defies Political Divides

By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY Among all the talk of waves and tides of the close midterm races around the country, there were tremendous results on election day for Medicaid expansion. Three states – Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah – passed ballot initiatives...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2018 7:04 AM by THCB

Filed under: Medicaid, Politics, Health policy, Medicaid Expansion, Midterm Elections, Toothpic, Amy Long, Joe Molloy

The Disruptive Potential of Employer-Centered Care

By LAWRENCE LEISURE When it comes to health care prices, the burden piled on payers can seem almost cartoonishly heavy. News stories on the state of the industry read as though some satirist decided to exaggerate real systemic flaws into cost-prohibitive...

Published Tue, Dec 11 2018 7:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Patients, Health insurance, Kaiser Permanente, direct primary care, Castlight Health, Lawrence Leisure, workforce, Employer-based insurance, employer-centered care

THCB Spotlight: Jesse Ehrenfeld, AMA

Today, we are featuring Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld from the American Medical Association (AMA) on THCB Spotlight. Matthew Holt interviews Dr. Ehrenfeld, Chair-elect of the AMA Board of Trustees and an anesthesiologist with the Vanderbilt University School of...

Published Tue, Dec 11 2018 6:48 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, AMA, Tech, Artificial intelligence, digital health, American Medical Association, AI, CVS-Aetna, THCB Spotlights, health innovation, Jesse Ehrenfeld

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

MedPAC’s Proposed “Reforms” Should Be Tested Before They’re Implemented: CMS’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Is Exhibit A | Part II

By KIP SULLIVAN JD The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), one of numerous pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes authorized by the Affordable Care Act, was sprung on the Medicare fee-for-service population on October 1, 2012 without being pre...

Published Fri, Dec 07 2018 6:45 AM by THCB

Filed under: Congress, Medicare, CMS, Politics, Kip Sullivan, HRRP, MedPAC, P4P, Pay for Performance, hospital readmissions

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 61

On Episode 61 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I are still in Tokyo—but this time we’re reporting from a famous whiskey bar. In this episode, Jess asks me about the most important takeaways from Health 2.0 Asia-Japan and the growing health tech...

Published Fri, Dec 07 2018 3:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Telemedicine, Fred Trotter, Data Security, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Health 2.0 Asia-Japan

MedPAC’s Proposed “Reforms” Should Be Tested Before They’re Implemented: CMS’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Is Exhibit A

By KIP SULLIVAN, JD Egged on by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Congress has imposed multiple pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes on the fee-for-service Medicare program. MedPAC recommended most of these schemes between 2003 and 2008...

Published Thu, Dec 06 2018 6:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: Congress, Medicare, CMS, Politics, ACA, Affordable Care Act, MACRA, Kip Sullivan, MedPAC, P4P, Pay for Performance, CHIP, hospital readmissions

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

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 60

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I report from a hedgehog cafe in Tokyo. In this episode, Jess asks me about Bright Health’s $200 million raise and the significance of Amazon’s new EMR product. We also talk about Health 2.0 Asia-Japan, which is...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2018 8:49 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Wellness, Personalized Medicine, Amazon, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Blockchain, Bright Health

Integrating in Health Care: 6 Tools for Working Across Boundaries

By REBECCA FOGG Today’s health care providers face the formidable challenge of delivering better, more affordable and more convenient care in the face of spiraling care costs and an epidemic of chronic disease. But the most innovative among them are making...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2018 5:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Health Tech, Iora Health, health innovation, Rebecca Fogg, collaboration, Integration, partnerships, Oak Street Health

The Reality of Bush I on Health Care and Its Lessons for Today

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON Former President George H.W. Bush may have been every inch the caring individual portrayed in the eulogies of those who knew him, but when it came to health care reform, two words characterized his attitude: Don’t care. However...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2018 6:22 AM by THCB

Filed under: Michael Millenson, Politics, Health policy, George HW Bush

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

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