PQRS: Alphabet Soup with Little Meaning
I'm quoted in the current is I'm quoted in the current issue of Medical Economics, on the subject of the Medicare PQRS: Physician Quality Reporting System. I'm not a big fan…
Hospitals Ignore Bill Payment Technology and Suffer the Consequences
It is not news that technology is changing the way the world works. As in every age, young people adopt new ways of interacting with their world and thus reshape…
Orthopedic Billing: Creating a Seamless Transition to ICD-10
Effective October 1, 2014, all claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurers must use the new ICD-10 codes or the claims will n Effective October 1, 2014, all…
Conquering Mental Illness: New Technology Options
One in four adults – or approximately 57.7 million Americans – experiences a mental health disorder in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. One in…
Person-Centered HealthCare: The Building Block of PCMH and ACO
What has caused the emphasis on Patient-Centered Care, Patient-Centered Medical Homes, and Accountable Care Organizations? What has caused the emphasis on Patient-Centered Care, Patient-Centered Medical Homes, and Accountable Care Organizations?In…
Can Social Media Reduce Physician Burnout?
In late fall of 2011 I was tired of medicine. While seeing patients was still enjoyable, I felt under-appreciated in my employment and frustrated by the endless BS that I…
New Hybrid Imaging Technology (VIDEO)
New Hybrid Imaging Technology from Patient Power® on Vimeo. New Hybrid Imaging Technology from Patient Power® on Vimeo.In what's becoming the age of "precision medicine" in cancer care, patients are…
The Affordable Care Act: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Summary: What are the popular opinions surrounding the Affordable Care Act? Are you a proponent or an opponent of the ACA? Summary: What are the popular opinions surrounding the Affordable…
Health Care’s Anti-Cash Bias
The patient needed a standard set of blood tests at LabCorp. The busy receptionist obligingly spent time querying her software to figure out the cash price for the tests. She…
Hologram or Avatar Doctors: Why They Will Never Happen
A “medical futurist” was telling the hospital board how that in the future you will have an avatar for a doctor, or a hologram – like Star Trek. This person…
