The Health Care Blog

Anne Marie O’Callaghan and Perjeta

By DAVID BELK, MD A respected group of cancer specialists developed a chemotherapy program for a *** cancer patient. But then her insurance company denied the claim, so the cancer center stuck her with a bill three times as large as what they would have...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2016 5:08 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Should Companies Invest In a Chief Health Officer?

By JAAN SIDOROV, MD While employer-sponsored wellness, health promotion and disease prevention programs have been linked to “human capital,” talent recruitment and retention, improvements in employee morale, reductions in absenteeism, reductions...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2016 11:52 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

EHR Incentive Programs: Where We Go From Here

By ANDY SLAVITT and KAREN DeSALVO, MD As we mentioned in a speech last week, the Administration is working on an important transition for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. We have been working side by side with physician organizations...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2016 8:33 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Blog Notes

You can sign up for e-mail updates here. Register for THCB here. You’ll need to register to comment. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, drop us a note and we’ll set you up with access. To submit a blog, e-mail us. Spend some time...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2016 11:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Is Health Care Ripe for Disintermediation?

By PAUL KECKLY What do Ashton Kutcher, Donald Trump and Travis Kalanick have in common? They recognized an opportunity and used it to their advantage. That trend: disintermediation—the opportunity to deliver a product or service to a consumer with higher...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2016 9:42 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Paul Keckley

On THCB Today

Data Thinking In Health Care by Leonard D’Avolio Why Your Culture Does Not Matter to Me by Undisclosed Loc Meaningful Use Is Dead. Long Live Something Better! by Margalit Gur Arie The Case For Calling the Dietary Guidelines What They Really Are...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2016 2:47 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Bernie May Have a Point …

BY ROGER COLLIER It doesn’t seem likely that Senator Bernie Sanders will be our next president, but the current primary election campaign is throwing some pretty startling curveballs. With substantial popular support for one candidate with a fondness...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2016 9:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Ask Not What You Can Do For Medicare

By ANISH KOKA, MD Mrs. Cassidy slowly walks into my office one busy afternoon. I see her out of the corner of my eye because she is hard to miss. Mrs. Cassidy has some serious style. She has a deep orange dress with a bright blue blazer on. There aren’t...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2016 7:51 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Medicare For All? No, But …

BY ROGER COLLIER It doesn’t seem likely that Senator Bernie Sanders will be our next president, but the current primary election campaign is throwing some pretty startling curveballs. With substantial popular support for one candidate with a fondness...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2016 7:14 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Toyota-ism vs Taylorism

By MIKE GRABAN If you’re new to the idea of “Lean,” I invite you to download and read chapter 1 of my book Lean Hospitals. Hat tip to Suresh for pointing me toward this article that was just published January 14th in the New England Journal of Medicine...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2016 2:39 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Data Thinking In Health Care

By LEONARD D’AVOLIO Clinicians have been on the receiving end of some pretty terrible practices when it comes to information technology. Instead of informed and shared decision making, clinicians experience an assault of mandates, metrics, buzzwords...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2016 8:39 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

So, You’re a Next Generation ACO …

BY KOFI JONES CMS recently announced the inaugural class of Next Generation ACOs – the latest accountable care models which includes higher levels of financial risk and greater opportunity for reward than have been available within the Pioneer Model...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2016 5:50 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Why Your Culture Does Not Matter To Me

BY UNDISCLOSED LOCATION I am a student in a health care profession. I see many different people every day that come to seek treatment at my school. Most patients are local to our area, but many come to our school’s clinic from different countries, cultures...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2016 9:10 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

And the Stars Looked Very Different Today

“This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there’s...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2016 9:15 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Meaningful Use Is Dead. Long Live Something Better!

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Mr. Andrew Slavitt, acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced on January 11th that “The meaningful use program as it has existed...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2016 9:27 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives

Anne Marie O’Callaghan and Perjeta

Should Companies Invest In a Chief Health Officer?

EHR Incentive Programs: Where We Go From Here

Blog Notes

Is Health Care Ripe for Disintermediation?

On THCB Today

Bernie May Have a Point …

Ask Not What You Can Do For Medicare

Medicare For All? No, But …

Toyota-ism vs Taylorism

Data Thinking In Health Care

So, You’re a Next Generation ACO …

Why Your Culture Does Not Matter To Me

And the Stars Looked Very Different Today

Meaningful Use Is Dead. Long Live Something Better!