Nearly One-Third of All Workers Now in Consumer-Driven Health Plans
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released its annual survey of employer health plans. This is the “Big Daddy” of all of the employer surveys. It has been conducted under a…
Physician Specialists Exemptions and Achieving Meaningful Use: e-Learning Event
The Stage 1 Core and Menu Set objectives seem to make sense for a primary care provider, but what about specialists? If you are a Psychiatrist your visits probably don’t…
Conflict of Interest Problems in Xigris Marketing
Eli Lilly is withdrawing Xigris from markets worldwide after a major study showed the drug doesn’t work for sepsis. I thought it would be a good time to rerun my…
Back to Basics… The (lost) Art of The Patient-Physician Interaction
Learn more about Back to Basics… The (lost) Art of The Patient-Physician Interaction. Video Transcript… Lightly edited: Healthcare and Social Media: The Orthopedic Minute Learn more about Back to Basics… The (lost)…
Accountable Care Organizations: The Future of American Health Care?
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues to move ahead, although the kinds of things that are happening lately aren't exactly the kinds of things that make it onto…
Anti-RUC Suit Challenges Process for Setting Doc Pay Scales
Whither CMS? That’s the issue raised by Brian Klepper and David Kibbe in their post on the Health Affairs website this morning. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services faces…
Social Media, Diet and Cancer
The new book is out about Steve Jobs. You may have already heard that he regretted delaying surgery for months for a type of pancreatic cancer and explored alternatives, including…
Promising Malaria Vaccine
News this month that an experimental vaccine cuts in half the risk of malaria in children in Africa is a welcome success story 20+ years in the making.…
FDA Cautions Against Pharma-Jet Needle-Free Flu Shots
Painless needle free flu shots, the FDA says they may not work due to the fact that they have not approved “injector devices” for the shot. If you got one…
Hospital ER: Saturday Night Special?
This Phil Galewitz piece ran in the Washington Post back in August, but it’s still timely: This Phil Galewitz piece ran in the Washington Post back in August, but it’s…
