Is Private Health Insurance More Costly Than Public Health Insurance? Five Principles
Uwe Reinhardt had a post the other day at The New York Times economics blog comparing Medicare with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. He basically sifts through the evidence on which…
A Triumph Over Illness
Kara, her mom and me Kara, her mom and meWhen someone is stricken with a serious illness their world is rocked. I know, it has happened to me with cancer…
Recommendations for Healthier Organizations in 2013: Data Security
It’s time for some New Year’s resolutions; and they have nothing to do with eating right, losing weight or exercising. Instead, they have everything to do with protecting against the…
OIG Clears the Path for Physician Incentives
For health care reform to succeed (and for the nation to achieve fiscal balance) hospitals must shift their focus away from maximizing volume and reimbursement to improving quality and reducing…
Sinai Surgeon Dr. Yassar Youssef Performs Scarless Gallbladder Surgery
Did you know that Yassar Youssef, M.D., is the first surgeon in Baltimore City to perform gallbladder surgery using just one incision and the da Vinci® Surgical System? Because the single incision…
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Still Influences Prescribing
Posted in CorporateDiversionsKnowledge & MedicinePharma & DevicesScience & Re Posted in CorporateDiversionsKnowledge & MedicinePharma & DevicesScience & ResearchThe pressure has always been on healthcare providers this century to treat patients…
Top Differences Between ICD-9-CM & ICD-10-CM
With the upcoming switch to ICD-10, major changes are being made to the way things are being done. To help smooth out the transition, here are the most important differences…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dan Munro Talks Value in HealthCare
Last week, e-Patient Dave deBronkart gave us his ideas on visible pricing in healthcare. This week, Dan Munro, HealthCare Compass writer for Forbes.com talks to us about value. Dan…
Healthcare Industry Loses $7 Billion Due to HIPAA Data Breaches
A recent study released in December 2012 by the Ponemon Institute, the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security, reveals an inside look at the growing data…
Medical School Debt and Primary Care
I woke up today and found a weird headline in my inbox: “Med School Debt May Push Docs to Primary Care.” It struck me as weird because I thought it…
