Are You Ready for Bundled Payments?
CMS just put out a call this month for additional participants in bundled payments programs that involve post-acute care. By increasing the number of participants, they hope to gain a…
Health Care Business Models in Transition Open Doors for Connected Health
What an amazing time to be a champion of new health care delivery models. Three megatrends are driving change at a pace that I only wished for 20 years ago. Back…
Smooth Transition: Reducing Senior Readmissions to Hospitals
Lack of proper after care from a recent bout of illness is one of the chief causes to blame for senior readmissions to hospitals. Senior care industry professionals identify various…
Health Wonk Review: In Like a Lion
Welcome to Health Wonk Review's In Like a Lion edition, wherein we consider the big questions of the moment.It seems clear that March is coming in like a lion in…
Medicare Advantage Cuts Don’t Bite: Health Insurers’ Stocks Rally
Late Friday, after the stock market closed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed n Late Friday, after the stock market closed, the Centers for Medicare &…
Beyond the Buzz: How to Use the New Klout for Healthcare Marketing
Klout, a company that quantifies people's online influence, has recently revamped its business model with a new emphasis on content aggregation. While many people have been critical of Klout’s ranking…
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HIMSS14: Bullish on Growth in the International Healthcare IT Market
Unlike many other healthcare annual confabs, the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting and exhibition in Orlando, Fla. seems dominated by the North American market. But what…
Did You Miss the Bus at HIMSS 2014?
No, I don’t mean literally did you miss the bus. No, I don’t mean literally did you miss the bus. I don’t even mean, did you miss the bus that…
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Hillary Rocks HIMSS14
Orlando may be the home of the Magic Kingdom, but the real magic was in the Orange County Convention Center yesterday in the person of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Orlando may…
Why Won’t Docs Email Patients?
I live in a big metropolitan area and none of my doctors use email to communicate with patients. Why is that?Is it because they don’t get reimbursed for email time? …
