CMS Medicare Data Dump Shows Why Transparency Is Only Half the Battle
First published on MedCityNews.com. As transparency advocates are applauding CMS’s data dump, many doctors, it seems, are yielding lots of questioning phone calls.That could be both good and bad.…
It Takes More Than Technology to Change Health Behaviors
There’s no question that medical apps and software aimed at improving healthcare outcomes are hot items. There’s no question that medical apps and software aimed at improving healthcare outcomes are…
FDASIA Health IT Report Issued
The FDA, the FCC and ONC issued a long-awaited joint report with a proposed strategy and recommendations for a
ICD-10 Delay: Does ICD-10 Lack Clinical Value?
ICD-10 Delay: The Decision in D.C. ICD-10 was delayed once again as part of a bill that was meant to fix the physician reimbursement issues with Medicare. The ICD-10 delay was…
Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine: Has Its Time Come?
It was 1999, and I was speaking at a prestigious academic center’s ‘Innovations in Dermatology’ symposium. I presented work we had done on a web application that would allow a…
Multi-Screen Marketing: 17 Things You Need to Know
Your communications professional life was busy enough when, only a few digital moments ago, your internet marketing mainstay was a good website. And your hardware was a clunky desktop PC.…
Dissecting Diabetes: Costs and Chronic Disease Impact
A recent New York Times article, “Even Small Medical Advances Can Mean Big Jumps in Bills,” takes a deep dive into the myriad issues facing people with diabetes, from daily…
Medicare Advantage Cuts Not Only Delayed But Reversed
Summary: CMS has reversed its original proposal to cutback Medicare Advantage plan reimbursement for 2015. The reversal is a result of aggressive lobbying from organizations such as the American Medical…
Growth in Sales of Products in Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering and cell therapy comprise a market for regenerative products that has been growing and will continue to grow at over 20% annually through 2018. This market spans many…
5 Ways LinkedIn Helps Physicians in Marketing Their Practice
When you consider marketing strategies, you probably think in terms of an audience made up of prospective patients. In fact, however, it may be more important from a business perspective…
