Four Life-Changing Ways To Keep Medical Costs Down
With more than 44 million uninsured adults under 65 in the U.S.; there’s no way to avoid exhausting and devastating financial repercussions from healthcare cost for many (Center for Disease…
One Food that is Killing You
Too much omega-6 is one food that scientists are now saying will cause increased mortality by causing inflammation throughout the body resulting in heart disease and stroke.What’s omega-6? Too much…
Should Physicians Profile Our Patients?
Profiling in this country is highly discouraged and is illegal in many circumstances. Anti-profilers decry this technique which, they argue, unfairly targets innocent individuals violating their rights. Our beloved Transportation…
The New Rules for Successful Hospital Marketing
Marketing-savvy hospital administrators—and their tuned-in communications teams—are writing new rules for success in reaching, attracting and retaining patients.As the nation’s healthcare delivery system has become an ever-changing playing field, many…
NCQA Accreditation: Failure vs. Success
For quite some time now the Accreditation clock has been ticking. With rapidly changing healthcare requirements, modified regulations, and sweeping reform, organizations have been racing, stumbling, and hurtling themselves toward…
Do Wearable Health Devices Actually Lead to Better Health?
Wearable health devices are looked at as the next big frontier in technology, where many of the new and most intriguing advances are expected to take place over the coming…
Glass Half-Empty? Not for MS Blogger Matt Cavallo [Podcast]
Get Social Health speaks with Matt Cavallo, author, speaker and chronic-illness coach who also happens to have Multiple Sclerosis. Hearing that you have been diagnosed with MS is devastating no matter who…
The Specialty Drug Pricing Conundrum: Caps May Raise Costs, Not Lower Them
Money, money, money Money, money, moneyIt used to require hundreds of thousands of patients taking a drug to make it blockbuster. But over the last decade drug companies have figured out that…
Marketing Shared Appointments: Paradigm Shift in Healthcare [Podcast]
In this Marketing Podcast, Healthcare Success Co-Founder Lonnie Hirsch and author and speaker Neil Baum, MD discuss the patient and practitioner advantages of shared medical appointments. In this detailed conversation.…
Reducing Readmissions and Costs for Total Joint Replacement
Last week CMS announced a major new initiative for Total Joint Replacement, aimed at both reducing and reconciling costs. Total joint replacements are predicted to increase at a rate of 30%…
