Ready for the eyeSelfie for diagnosing health problems?
Ok Google, am I healthy? Ok Google, am I healthy?I spoke last night to a friend who lamented that his teenage daughter seemed fixated on taking selfies of her eyeball…
Effective Healthcare Campaigns Start With These 4 Elements
In today’s heavily regulated, compliance-focused environment, healthcare marketers are definitely feeling the pressure to stick with bland, hyper-safe campaigns that hit the snooze button on their target customers. While it might…
Living Well with MPNs…
For the second year in a row, M and I were lucky enough to attend the Living Well with MPNs event held in Chicago. This event was hosted by Northwestern…
Medtech fundings in August 2015
Medtech fundings for August 2015 stand at $88 million, led by the $50 million funding of InVivo Therapeutics Corp.Below are the top fundings for the month thus far. (Revisit and…
The 5 Biggest Challenges Healthcare Leaders are Facing in 2015
2015 has been a big year of change for many healthcare systems. With this change, healthcare leaders have been faced with many challenges, including complying with new federal regulations and…
Is Your Embarrassing Physician Website Costing You Money?
Great business minds will remind us that procrastination is a thief. It robs us of time, opportunity, and in some situations, it steals cold, hard cash. Great business minds will…
You might be covered, even if your doctor sends you a bill
Am I covered? Am I covered?Kaiser Health News published an informative Q&A today, posing and answering three common questions about the practical aspects of health insurance. I’ve been working in…
5 Reasons Latinos Could Be The Most Powerful Transformation Of The U.S. Health System
We hear everyday that the U.S. population is browning. With each passing year, more and more people are classified as Latino/Hispanic. Unfortunately, this population is affected by our health system's shortcomings…
Expanding Medicaid benefits for improved behavioral health care, substance abuse treatment
Q. On April 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). How has…
CMS Finds More Than 10% of Payments Paid Improperly
GAO Report Identifies Vulnerabilities in CMS’s Enrollment ProcessTo enroll in Medicare, providers and suppliers must use the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). According to CMS, as of…
