Revamping Your Revenue Cycle in 2015: 7 Things to Consider
1. Changing How We PayThere are few aspects of healthcare that are more controversial, confounding and frustrating than payment reform. It’s hard to imagine that there was ever a time…
Why Boeing’s ACO Experiment Needs to Succeed
It’s no big secret that America’s healthcare system leaves a lot to be desired, and a lot of these problems have to do with health insurance. It’s no big secret that America’s healthcare…
Healthcare Is Part of Our Supply Chain: The Boeing Company
The Health Innovator’s Collaborative sponsored by the University of Washington and the WBBA is entering its second year and continuing to gain momentum bringing together providers, payers, and health innovators…
Down, Down, Down: Avoidable Errors, Uninsurance, Cost Inflation
Today was a good news day. The headlines, at least, would have us believe that we are making great strides in achieving the Triple Aim, dealing with quality, access and…
#HCSM Tweet Chat Founder Dana Lewis [PODCAST]
Meet Dana Lewis, the founder of one of the most popular healthcare tweet chats, #HCSM. The Healthcare Communications Social Media Tweet-chat or "Hicksum" to those in the know (which I…
What’s Next for “Chronic” Cancer Patients?
This is a pivotal time for many, many people living with blood-related cancers like chronic leukemias, multiple myeloma, lymphomas and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). This is a pivotal time for many,…
More US Pharmaceutical Industry Downsizing
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has taken some pretty severe hits over the past decade, and recent news suggests that it isn't over yet. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has taken some…
The Marketing “BS Detector” for Doctors and Hospitals
We see this all the time and it drives us nuts.Hospital executives and doctors—people who are experts in their own profession—don’t have a good test for qualifying outside marketing help. And…
Can You Own a Hashtag?
Recently, I was questioned on Twitter whether someone could own a hashtag. Can you own a hashtag? No. Recently, I was questioned on Twitter whether someone could own a hashtag.…
Could Telepsych Replace Therapists?
Telepsych: New Tech, New Payment Models. Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid proposed adding codes to cover telepsych services including routine visits, consultations and psychiatric assessments completed…
