Pedicle Screw Fusion Faces Maturing Market… But Still Growing
For markets in an phase of maturity — facing the introduction of competing new technologies taking away market share — price reductions are an effort to counterbalance the forces for…
AdvaMed 2011 Featuring Over 70 Company Presentations
AdvaMed 2011 is the premier MedTech Conference for CEOs, business executives, policy-makers, financiers, media, and industry stakeholders from around the world. Previously OneMedRadio interviewed Ken Mendez, AdvaMed’s Chief Administrative Officer…
Primary Care Reimbursement
Quote of the Day:God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.--Publilius Syrus A hot button topic for primary care doctors has been about the imbalance of RVUs allotted…
Drug Company to Congress: The ‘Dog Ate My Homework’
Just about anyone who has ever been a kid in school recalls trying to make up an excuse believable enough to avoid being punished for not turning in your homework…
Complex, Chronic Illnesses Last a Lifetime and Consume 70% of the Healthcare Dollar
Medical care is organized to treat acute conditions but the need today is to prevent, diagnose and treat chronic illnesses. Unfortunately, we are sorely lacking in a good chronic care…
Government Health IT Gets Boost with Two New Websites
HealthIT.gov redesign was rolled out this week with seperate paths for providers and patients. It makes a great case for EHRs on the provider side including examples of successful implementations…
Diplomats for Polio Eradication?
As China reports four cases of wild poliovirus type 1 close to the border with Pakistan (here) and $128 million in new grants arrive to the Global Polio Eradication…
Explaining Our Debt Problem
Recently, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States because of our budget problems. But the figures are awfully hard to comprehend: U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt:…
A Victory for Coverage with Evidence Development
A federal study of a new stent designed to prevent repeat strokes was stopped early because 2 1/2 times (14.7%) more people either died or had a repeat stroke after…
Gifts to Doctors: What the Talmud Teaches
Recently I heard a Rabbi discuss the prohibitions against bribes in Jewish law. He shared the Talmudic insight that “a gift blinds the eyes of the wise” and taught that…
