It is often difficult to appreciate that improving the care of patients can actually reduce the costs of care. Last year Dr H Brody wrote in the…
The following appeared this morning in The Fiscal Times: The following appeared this morning in The Fiscal Times: While squabbles over the rules for approving new medical devices…
Medicaid To Stop Paying for Preventable Events. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it will no longer pay healthcare providers for treating Medicaid patients…
At this writing, I am in Atlanta visiting our daughter at Emory University. This may be the only college campus in the nation where you can’t buy…
“Working for rich people to make them richer isn’t all that fulfilling.” David Gilboa, the co-founder of the New York-based startup eyewear companyWarby Parker, describing why he walked away…
When it comes to the high costs of physicians in healthcare, having 8% of the total amount spent based on this survey, is small. Costly tests still…
Unicef Reveals Vaccine Prices. Unicef, one of the world’s largest vaccine buyers, is now publishing the prices it pays individual companies for immunizations. Public health officials hope…
Yesterday’s New York Times (As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics) highlights the political shift underway within the physician community. While doctors used to be mainly…
Medical Device Makers Turn to Europe Over Concerns with FDA Process. Where your taxes go: Gardening Tips From Uncle Sam Medical Device Makers Turn to Europe Over…
Guess I’m feeling a little “inspired” by the cloudy day outside today on the cusp of a Memorial Day weekend. Guess I’m feeling a little “inspired” by…
