Are Seniors Getting Too Many Tests?
Every year like clockwork, Anna Peterson has a mammogram. Peterson, who will turn 80 next year, undergoes screening colonoscopies at three- or five-year intervals as recommended by her doctor, although…
Tissue Ablation is Predominantly Cancer Therapy
Tissue ablation is defined as the “removal of a body part or the destruction of its function, as by surgery, disease, or a noxious substance.” Put more simply, ablation is…
Peer for Performance – Financial Incentives in Global Health
Global health-ers are increasingly focused on the potential of financial incentives to improve coverage and quality of health services in low- and middle-income countries. Global health-ers are increasingly focused on…
HIPAA Breaches By State
HIPAA Breaches by State Click Image to View Full Size. HIPAA Breaches by State Click Image to View Full Size. The HITECH Act requires full transparency when it comes to…
Antibiotics’ Scary Future
“What people might not know about resistance,” says Eric Utt, a former antibiotic researcher now working in Pfizer’s science public-policy division, “is that the resistant organisms are already there. This…
Face to Face Virtual Clinic Consults with Optum Doctors and Nurses For $45.00
The service is provided via American Well, which has been around for quite a while and their efforts were first used in connection with Blue Cross in Hawaii a couple…
Company Helps Patients Become Smart Buyers
Compass will search for the least expensive hospital or facility for a given procedure, find doctors who best suit a patient’s wants and needs, screen for best outcomes and fewest…
Journalists Decry WH Decision to Pull Physicians’ Database
Throughout one’s professional life as a physician, there are some things that are inevitable: changes to Medicare reimbursement schedules due to factors beyond our control, insurance denials, and the presence…
New CMS Site Aggregates Compare Tools
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Quality Care Finder designed to help beneficiaries and their caregivers find better health care options. It is really an aggregation of tools…
Physician Malpractice Data in Chart Form
David Leonhardt writes for the New York Times' Economix blog regularly. Recently, he authored a piece on the incidence of physician malpractice in the U.S. It contained a nifty chart,…
