OMB: Growth in Medicare, Medicaid Spending to Decrease over Next Decade
If one assumes that news of cuts in reimbursements of the two major healthcare entitlements (which probably will not happen) is never really good news for providers when accompanied by…
PPACA: 2 or 3 Possible End Games
Ezra Klein’s Washington Post column reports three possible outcomes for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) from a speech by public opinion scholar Lawrence Jacobs. In order of…
Renowned Dallas Hospital Out of Medicare Compliance
The acute care hospital in Texas made famous for the emergent care given to JFK on 11/22/1963 is about to find out if Medicare will continue to reimburse for services…
Why It’s So Hard to Control Medicaid Spending
This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in President Obama’s home state: This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in President Obama’s…
Why It’s So Hard to Control Medicaid Spending
This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in President Obama’s home state: This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in President Obama’s…
Video: How to Prevent Costly Healthcare IT Security Breaches
It's every CIO's worst nightmare: a laptop computer with patient health information goes missing or is stolen. Not only does this breach jeopardize your patients' privacy, it almost always means…
$50k Available for Your Health IT Startup Ideas
This morning I spoke with the founders of HealthBox, a business incubator and accelerator program focused on health IT startups. If you’ve got a great idea that you’d like to…
Looking Good
Should there be legal prohibitions against discrimination based on looks? Daniel S. Hamermesh argues yes. Should there be legal prohibitions against discrimination based on looks? Daniel S. Hamermesh argues yes.…
In Discussing Cancer, Should We Use Fighting Words?
Every day in obituaries, you will find combat metaphors about people who have died of cancer. “After a heroic battle against cancer,” “valiant fight against melanoma.” And so on. News…
Increased Prevalence of Stroke Hospitalizations Seen in Teens and Young Adults
Rising trends in risk factors and comorbidities are associated with the increase in stroke hospitalizations of teens and young adults. For those in communities served by telestroke networks, it is…
