New York’s Fully Integrated Duals Advantage Program: An Overview
Dual eligibles, those people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, make up a disproportionate amount of federal and state health care spending. Dual eligibles, those people who qualify for…
Most Breast Cancer Patients May Not Be Getting Enough Exercise
A new study in the journal CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds that most participants in a large breast cancer study did not meet national physical…
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Leave No Patient on the Battlefield
Despite our professed values, everything has a price. We value life, but our society is unwilling to lower the highway speed limit to 40 mph, which would surely save lives. The…
5 Benefits of Orthopedic Group Purchasing
A study conducted by Dr. Eugene Schneller, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University: ‘The Value of Group Purchasing 2009: Meeting the Needs for Strategic Savings’, reports that…
IT Can Make a Big Difference in Healthcare: Why Hasn’t It?
The final in the excellent collaborative healthcare series from the University of Washington and WBBA did not necessarily end the series on a high note: speaker Peter Neupert presented a…
“Google Calico” and Modern Healthcare: Can Google Make Us Live Forever?
You may recall some murmurings last year about a new Google venture cryptically called Calico. In the heyday of 23andMe, Apple’s many health apps and the hefty focus on technology…
Why the Individual Mandate Is Important
As a reasonably young and healthy person, freelance social worker Tammy Boudreaux wasn’t a big believer in health insurance. But then she hurt her finger. She paid out of pocket for emergency…
Next-Generation Revenue Cycle
With the increasing adoption and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its various components, the financial reimbursement picture is drastically changing. We now have an increased…
Providers Hesitant to Discuss End-of-Life Care with Some Patients
Who should discuss end of life care with patients, and when? Who should discuss end of life care with patients, and when?Providers are unsure when to approach this issue and whether it’s…
