How Patient Satisfaction Surveys Really Help
Physicians are understandably skeptical about the validity and usefulness of patient satisfaction…
Restrict Flexible Spending Accounts
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has a number of…
Malpractice defense: Midgut Volvulus Following Gastric Bypass
In addition to my consulting work and writing the Health Business…
Avoiding End of Life Transfers from Nursing Home to Hospital
It’s encouraging to see the California HealthCare Foundation tackle the issue of…
Quality of Life Adjustments Don’t Matter for Cancer Treatment Cost Effectiveness
In a paper in Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Dan…
The Elephant in the Room: Discussing Obesity with the Doctor
From the Wall Street Journal (Doctors Should Discuss Obesity With Patients): Patients…
The Insanity of Health Care Pricing, aka Alice in Medical Land
One of the interesting things I learned in business school is that…
Can the Media and the Public Handle the Health Reform News?
In a January Pulling It Together column, Kaiser Family Foundation CEO Drew…
Quality and Cost Savings Through Consumer Engagement
Some of the things consumers are expected to do in the name…
HealthEdge COO Desrochers on ICD-10 (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with HealthEdge COO…