image credit: James N. Vail image credit: James N. VailLast week's post called medicine in the U.S. a monopoly. I took some heat for using that metaphor…
Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes.com. His columns are collected under the heading, "The HealthCare Compass. Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing…
Despite adding roughly 160k jobs to the economy in July, today’s jobsC report points out that the unemployment rate actually increased to 8.3%. How can this happen? …
Healthcare’s New Imperative: Population Health Management Healthcare’s New Imperative: Population Health ManagementNow that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has received the Supreme Court’s stamp…
The State of North Carolina is getting ready to vote next week on, among other things, Amendment One, which would amend the state constitution to make anything…
The cost of healthcare is outrageous - In 2011, U.S. healthcare expenditures amounted to $2.7 trillion which happens to be 17.7% of of our national GDP. This…
Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, has a new book, “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In…
More details are forthcoming regarding ACO establishment and leadership. One of the key announcements is that 27 of the leaders of ACOs will be physician leaders. AMA…
There’s little precedent for axing funding after a law is struck down. Should Obama Care be rescinded by the constitutional conundrum and the decision of Supreme Court…
Pre-reform, many hospitals experience significant uncompensated care costs from self-pay patients. The following infographic from Objective Health illustrates the variation in self-pay uncompensated care costs across US…
