DavidEWilliams

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How Patient Satisfaction Surveys Really Help

Physicians are understandably skeptical about the validity and usefulness of patient satisfaction…

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Restrict Flexible Spending Accounts

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has a number of…

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Malpractice defense: Midgut Volvulus Following Gastric Bypass

  In addition to my consulting work and writing the Health Business…

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Avoiding End of Life Transfers from Nursing Home to Hospital

It’s encouraging to see the California HealthCare Foundation tackle the issue of…

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Quality of Life Adjustments Don’t Matter for Cancer Treatment Cost Effectiveness

In a paper in Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Dan…

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The Elephant in the Room: Discussing Obesity with the Doctor

From the Wall Street Journal (Doctors Should Discuss Obesity With Patients): Patients…

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The Insanity of Health Care Pricing, aka Alice in Medical Land

One of the interesting things I learned in business school is that…

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Can the Media and the Public Handle the Health Reform News?

In a January Pulling It Together column, Kaiser Family Foundation CEO Drew…

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Quality and Cost Savings Through Consumer Engagement

Some of the things consumers are expected to do in the name…

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HealthEdge COO Desrochers on ICD-10 (transcript)

This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with HealthEdge COO…

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