Churning in ObamaCare
A new article in Health Affairs brings attention to the problem of “churning” in the eligibility requirements for subsidized ObamaCare. The study by Benjamin Sommers and Sara Rosenbaum looks at…
Ablation Technologies Energized for Growth
"Ablation" may be generally described as a therapeutic destruction and/or sealing of tissue, whether to destroy diseased tissue, remove necrotic tissue, create a lesion to produce a therapeutic effect (as…
How Many Melanoma Patients Did the FDA Kill?
By my estimate, more than 1,000 people have died prematurely because of foot-dragging by the FDA. Here’s why. After an “expedited” analysis that lasted a year and a half, the…
NeoStem to Present Stem Cell Technology at OneMedForum NY 2011
NeoStem is focused on accelerating the development of proprietary cellular therapies and becoming a single source for collection, storage, manufacturing, therapeutic development and transportation of cells for cell based medicine…
Are There Differences in Medicare Spending Across States?
Research by the Dartmouth Atlas team has indicated that Medicare spending is concentrated regionally. States such as Florida spend much more per beneficiary than do doctors who treat similar patients…
Is Medicaid Real Insurance?
As governors across the land pepper the federal government with requests to scale back Medicaid — many people are losing sight of the fact that health care reform (what some…
Supreme Court Hands Vaccine Makers a Big Win
Vaccine makers won a big victory last week when the Supreme Court ruled by a 6-2 margin that US law effectively protects them from product-liability suits based on claims of…
Conflicts of Interest in Guideline Development: a Dirty Little Secret
An Archives of Internal Medicine article (Conflicts of Interest in Cardiovascular Clinical Practice Guidelines) is getting a lot of notice today. In essence, many of the physicians who develop guideline…
Organized Wisdom Inspires Doctors to Go Online: Interview
This is the transcript of my recent podcast with OrganizedWisdom co-founder Unity Stoakes. David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business…
SEC Lawsuit Against FDA Chemist for Insider Trading
Insider trading issues seem to reach all levels of society and not just those working in the financial areas of business. I guess when you stop and think if you…
