Health Care and Social Media… The Need For TACTICAL Guidance – Video
Learn more about Health Care and Social Media… The Need For TACTICAL Guidance.So you’re a health care professional or organization interested in having a meaningful online digital presence? Learn…
More Explanation of the Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
A few weeks ago I parsed an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) I received from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts after a visit to Sports & Physical Therapy Associates, an…
Insulin Pump Hacking [The Sequel]
Cast your minds back to August this year. The very first #insulinpumphackinggate surfaced thanks to Jay Radcliffe’s endeavors! (Hi Jay), causing outrage from within the Diabetes community and rightly so. Cast your…
Social Media and TEDMED
TEDMED “ Intellectuals solve problems… geniuses prevent them “ (Albert Einstein) One of my favorite pastimes is reviewing TEDMED’s videos. Frankly it is not cost-effect to attend these meetings at…
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…
