Entitlements and Estate Taxes: the Medicare Connection
I really liked Dr. David J. Gross’s letter to the Wall St. Journal advocating that estates reimburse Medicare in cases where the program has paid out more than the recipient…
What are the Legal Implications for Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals Engaging in Social Media?
This is the first of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena. Legal expert, David Harlow, Esq., Health Care…
Bio-Rad receives pre-market approval for HIV test from FDA
Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) announced Monday it received FDA premarket approval for its fourth generation human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnostic test. Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) announced Monday it received FDA premarket approval…
Myth Busters #3: Hysterectomies in Lewiston, Maine
One of the consequences of Roemer’s Law has been the idea of “provider induced demand,” and the general notion that everything that happens in health care is because some greedy…
Fusion Still Holds Strong in Spine Surgery
The dominant area of technologies and products for the management of spine disorders (despite a myriad of new technology alternatives) remains, and will remain, the use of posterior pedicle screw…
Will the Health Systems Funding Platform Coordinate or Complicate?
This is a joint post with William Savedoff. This is a joint post with William Savedoff. The latest effort to address aid coordination problems and health system issues – the…
Speaking Event on Social Media: Health Tech: Next Generation Conference San Francisco
I’m excited to part of the Social Media panel session at the upcoming Health Tech: Next Generation Conference in San Francisco, CA. I’m excited to part of the…
The Age of the ePatient: Not Quite There Yet
The Internet has transformed every aspect of health care. Online communities provide new forms of support for people with a thousand different medical conditions. Email has streamlined communication between stakeholders…
Everything We Are Doing in Health Policy May Be Completely Wrong
A relatively obscure paper (gated) published in an academic journal the other day was completely ignored by the mainstream media. Yet if the study findings hold and if they apply…
PPACA Waivers: New Nonsense From John Sununu
For some reason the Boston Globe devotes its top slot on today’s Opinion page to a tired and faulty argument (If a law doesn’t work, waive it away?) from former…
