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AETNA, Poor People and Stuff

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Discrimination in health care was institutionalized in Independence, Missouri on July 30, 1965 when President Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 into law, creating “two moral frameworks for public financing of healthcare...

Published Thu, Sep 01 2016 8:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Competing for the Best New Ideas in Depression Care

By HEALTH 2.0 Starting around now, you’re going to be seeing alot on THCB about our sister org Health 2.0. Its 10th Annual Fall Conference is coming up Sept 25-8, and everyone who is anyone in the world of new health tech, digital health or whatever...

Published Wed, Aug 31 2016 6:59 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Tech, MedStartr, Takeda, MDD, depression

ACO Winners and Losers: A Quick Take

By ASHISH JHA, MD Last week, CMS sent out press releases touting over $1 billion in savings from Accountable Care Organizations. Here’s the tweet from Andy Slavitt, the acting Administrator of CMS: NEW ACO RESULTS: physicians are changing care, w better...

Published Tue, Aug 30 2016 2:56 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

What’s Wrong With Medicine? You Decide.

By ROBERT McNUTT, MD I have practiced medicine for over 40 years. I have yet to find a physician without a chronic disease in question who is smarter than the person with that chronic disease. I have been impressed that a patient’s numeric insights and...

Published Mon, Aug 29 2016 1:16 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Warning Label For Healthcare E-mail?

BY JIM PURCELL Eric Jones, the CEO of a large hospital, is at the end of a long day. It’s 10 PM, he’s very tired, and has had his maximum of three drinks. He’s checking his emails and sees one from Ralph Smith, CEO of a small community hospital, rejecting...

Published Fri, Aug 26 2016 10:11 AM by THCB

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Hold on. Ready For It? EpiPen May Actually Still Be Too Cheap!!!

By DAVID E. WILLIAMS Pick up a newspaper or surf the web and you’ll find story after story taking Mylan to task for EpiPen pricing practices. The list price of a 2-pack has soared from about $100 to $600 over the past decade. The price is deemed too high...

Published Thu, Aug 25 2016 10:26 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

EpiPen Shock

By STEVEN FINDLAY The white hot EpiPen controversy is the latest signal—and it should be loud and clear at this point—that the pharmaceutical marketplace is dysfunctional. To be sure, drug companies make medicines that save and prolong lives and ease...

Published Thu, Aug 25 2016 2:37 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Self-Care Rx

BY LEONARD KISH “The system only changes if we empower the one person who cares about their health the most – the patient. Over the next decade, I believe people will become the CEOs of their own health.” Vinod Khosla Self care is the future...

Published Thu, Aug 25 2016 1:33 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Open Letter to President Obama About His JAMA Paper

KIP SULLIVAN, JD Dear President Obama, If I were to tell you that alligators and southern accents are correlated and that alligators cause southern accents, what would you say? You’d say, “Yes, Kip, there is a correlation, but it’s weak. But more importantly...

Published Wed, Aug 24 2016 7:29 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

My Ideal EHR

By NIRAN AL-AGBA Give me technology which improves my life and that of my patients, or give me death. Medical records must be informative, efficient, and flexible; like the physicians they serve. For me, a medical record does not contain just a collection...

Published Tue, Aug 23 2016 11:39 AM by THCB

Filed under: EHR, Uncategorized, Niran Al-Agba, #UX, Diagnoses

Self-Driving Health

By JACOB REIDER, MD Lots of news about this recently. Five years ago, you would shake your head and say “no way – not in my lifetime.” Now you know that this is our future. It will be safer, will save billions of dollars, and will be have positive consequences...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2016 10:44 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Self-Driving Health

Aetna’s Obamacare Surprise

By STEVEN FINDLAY Did Aetna just pull a nasty, Trump-like move and up the ante on the Obamacare debate in advance of the election and exchange open enrollment for 2017? The allegation is that the company withdrew from 11 state insurance exchange marketplaces...

Published Sun, Aug 21 2016 10:39 AM by THCB

Filed under: Obamacare, Uncategorized, Aetna, Humana, Justice Department

More Than a Lollipop: Helping Kids Get Through the Hospital Experience

By CARE LOGISTICS In the latest installment of the Who Cares: Hospital Talk podcast we chat with Kristin Colby, a specialist with Children’s Hospital of Atlanta about the challenges of preparing kids for the uncertainty and trauma of hospital care...

Published Sun, Aug 21 2016 9:55 AM by THCB

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The Exchanges Part II

By JIM PURCELL I wrote earlier here about the exchanges, how they are failing, and why. It is unsurprising that what I wrote is coming true, not because I am some clairvoyant, but because I’ve lived in the insurance world and understand it. The causes...

Published Sun, Aug 21 2016 4:57 AM by THCB

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The Iora Health Fellowship: A Call For Applicants

BY STEPHEN GORDON, MD As physicians, we pride ourselves on our clinical wins – nailing the diagnosis of a rare disorder or helping a patient achieve control of their long-standing diabetes. However, we commonly face intense frustration and high rates...

Published Sun, Aug 21 2016 4:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Iora Health Fellowship

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AETNA, Poor People and Stuff

Competing for the Best New Ideas in Depression Care

ACO Winners and Losers: A Quick Take

What’s Wrong With Medicine? You Decide.

A Warning Label For Healthcare E-mail?

Hold on. Ready For It? EpiPen May Actually Still Be Too Cheap!!!

EpiPen Shock

The Self-Care Rx

Open Letter to President Obama About His JAMA Paper

My Ideal EHR

Self-Driving Health

Aetna’s Obamacare Surprise

More Than a Lollipop: Helping Kids Get Through the Hospital Experience

The Exchanges Part II

The Iora Health Fellowship: A Call For Applicants