"Can Healthcare Reform Finally Happen?"
"Can Healthcare Reform Finally Happen?" featuring Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate majority leader and Michael Leavitt, former U.S. secretary of…
AMA Supports President's 8 Principles for Health Reform
The AMA has in recent years been very supported of health system reform. This latest letter of support for the…
HIT Adoption, Implementation, Control – Caution Ahead
Perhaps the most chilling comment buried in Dr. Blumenthal musing is as follow: "That means taking advantage of embedded clinical…
Timely filing of health claims = health insurers rip off of providers and patients
Why is it that a service provided can be denied payment simply because the bill is late? This seems to…
Comparative Effectiveness is really about the money
Comparative effectiveness is what medicine has been doing since its modern inception some 2,500+ years ago. In the last century,…
Sebelius nomination, stalled, but not derailed
While there remain many issues to be addressed in the hearings on the nomination of Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kansas) as…
COMMENTARY: Mr. President, Medicare IS NOT Medicaid !
his site has become somewhat frustrated in the continued phrasology of the President and others in the Administration and in…
EMR from Wal-Mart & Sam's Club
Well, here is the market at its best. Computer makers, software developers and mass retailers aligning to service an industry…
Robots – the future of health care?
The future of robotics could be a major breakthrough for humanity on many fronts. The key is to retain "humanity"…
Medicare decision demonstrates the true future of rationing
Does anyone really doubt that the government will use rationing to control medical "costs"