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Retail Clinics Raise Medical Spending: So What?
By DEVON M HERRICK New research published in Health Affairs finds that retail clinics don’t save money. Many health policy analysts had hoped that retail clinics would reduce medical spending by replacing more costly physician office visits. The article...
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Sun, Mar 13 2016 3:17 PM
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The ACO Information Vacuum
By KIP SULLIVAN In my three-part series on why we know so little about ACOs, I presented three arguments: We have no useful information on what ACOs do for patients; that’s because the definition of “ACO” is not a definition but an expression of hope;...
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Troubles at Amazon?
By INDUSTRY STANDARD An internal memo at Amazon is circulating around. It is a bad news message to its part-time workers stating that their health coverage is being cancelled. Whether the note is authentic or not I do not know, so I will not reproduce...
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Sat, Mar 12 2016 2:31 PM
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Feeling the Bern on Universal Single-Player Healthcare
By JIM PURCELL “Elephant in the living room” is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious untruth going unaddressed. In most political platforms about healthcare and its coverage, there is a most resolutely immovable elephant in our living room. It...
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Fri, Mar 11 2016 9:00 AM
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Cancer and Moonshot Economics
By STEVE FINDLAY The Obama Administration’s cancer “moonshot” initiative, announced in January and now being debated in Congress, comes at a time of significant advances in cancer treatment and a spurt of cultural attention to the disease. A batch of...
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Fri, Mar 11 2016 8:37 AM
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The Trump Healthcare Interview: Part 2
By IAN MORRISON Donald Trump is leading the Republican delegate count and has the best chance of becoming the Republican nominee and, just maybe, even President. In February, we at THCB asked Scottish-Canadian-Californian healthcare futurist Ian Morrison...
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A New Federal Agency to Oversee Patient Safety?
By TEJAL GANDHI, MD Patient safety should be a major priority for the United States, and that requires designating a centralized entity or coordinating body to oversee efforts to ensure it. Such centralized oversight is one of the key recommendations...
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Thu, Mar 10 2016 11:17 AM
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In Defense of Small Data
By ANISH KOKA, MD I read with interest a recent editorial that opined on the poor evidence for screening in cancer trials. The evidence was judged poor because apparently no screening trial has demonstrated a clear reduction in all-cause mortality, only...
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Tue, Mar 08 2016 8:13 PM
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Telehealth Piece on New Medcaid Requirements
By KOFI JONES Approximately 12 million Americans utilize some type of home health care every year. From home health aides visiting the infirmed in their homes, to physical therapy services to aide in recovery, to medical equipment being used to treat...
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Tue, Mar 08 2016 11:21 AM
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Optimistic Skepticism About the Future of Consumer Healthcare
By GABRIEL GONG-LEI LU Healthcare options are changing dramatically. Technological and market developments give people the power to take control of their own health and wellness, now more than ever before. Companies are constantly creating new consumer...
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Tue, Mar 08 2016 8:11 AM
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Empathy and Shame
JOHNATHON TOMLINSON, MD How we respond to patients who are feeling, or at risk of feeling shame can make or break a therapeutic relationship. This is about how I try to respond. Shame is a negative moral judgement about oneself. Unlike guilt or embarrassment...
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Mon, Mar 07 2016 3:16 PM
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Why we know so little about ACOs: The managed care culture at work
By KIP SULLIVAN This is the third essay in a three-part series in which I explore the answer to that question. In the first installment I blamed this problem on the flimsy definition of “ACO.” ACO proponents “defined” the ACO in terms of their hopes for...
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More on MACRA, Interoperability and the Post-Meaningful Use World
By ANDY SLAVITT THCB is pleased to feature acting CMS director Andy Slavitt’s comments during a panel appearance at this week’s HIMSS conference. We encourage you to read them closely and with an open mind and add your own thoughts on the...
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Fri, Mar 04 2016 11:52 AM
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Quality v. Quantity
By MICHEL ACCAD, MD Impactful news today: Physicians, CMS and major commercial plans, announce simplification of quality measures. "Huge step forward" #aafp — Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 16, 2016 A few weeks ago, the medical community...
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Fri, Mar 04 2016 10:19 AM
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A Blow to Health Care Transparency
By CHARLES ORNSTEIN The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow this week to nascent efforts to track the quality and cost of health care, ruling that a 1974 law precludes states from requiring that every health care claim involving their residents be submitted...
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Fri, Mar 04 2016 8:16 AM
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