Gary Levin MD

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Obamacare and Reimbursement Rates to Providers

In an undated press release from Sharp Health in San Diego an…

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HIPAA Challenges

Oh, for the day when medical records were on paper. In the…

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How Far Has Health Information Exchange Progressed (Or Has It)?

The Indiana Health Information Exchange has what is most probably the longest…

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The Real Price of Incentives: Loss of Trust

Are incentives a bribe?Incentives, rewards, penalties, fines, deadlines. Are they counterproductive? Probably…

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What Is a “Navigator”?

  1581: Francis Drake, having completed the first circumnavigation of the world a…

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Health 2014

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FCC Names New Director of Healthcare Initiatives

At a time when mobile health initiatives and mobile apps are flooding…

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Can Toys Decrease the Cost of Health Care Devices?

What may be a new and disruptive technology in healthcare is being…

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Health Insurance Card Doesn’t Mean You Have Healthcare

I was a big fan of Andy Rooney, that curmudgeon who reported…

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The Trials of Progress in the Affordable Care Act

Five months after primary care doctors who treat Medicaid patients were supposed…

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