The soft trigger has been pulled; now what?

19 years ago

We are so used to hearing the latest projections about when Medicare and Social Security trust funds are going to…

Survey says: physicians do not consider patients' out-of-pocket costs when ordering care

19 years ago

Interesting survey results released earlier this month tend to show that no matter how consumer-directed health care may become, consumers…

Today's HealthBlawg post is up at CommonHealth

19 years ago

I'm the guest blogger du jour over at CommonHealth.  Please check out my post entitled Affordability Limbo: Can the Feds…

Health Wonk Review is up at Healthcare Economist

19 years ago

Jason Shafrin covers the waterfront in the latest edition of Health Wonk Review, up at Healthcare Economist.  Massachusetts' continuing experiment…

Diagnostic imaging and self-referral in California: shell game or no?

19 years ago

A Health Affairs study posted and discussed on the Health Affairs Blog yesterday concludes that -- based on one insurer's…

Two kinds of value: Revolution Health, what people want and what people need

19 years ago

Why should Revolution Health be any more revolutionary than WebMD?  What about DrKoop.com?  Haven't heard much lately about that once-promising…

Open source EHR? VistA Lite goes for CCHIT certification with a wiki-based support model. Hmm.

19 years ago

Modern Healthcare reports on the adaptation of VistA for small physician offices:CCHIT closed applications on Feb. 14 for its fourth…

Affordability standards adopted under Massachusetts universal health care law

19 years ago

The Connector has adopted affordability standards which will lead to health care insurance coverage for over 99% of Massachusetts residents…

Uwe Reinhardt is right about HSAs

19 years ago

Check out Uwe Reinhardt's post critiquing a Health Affairs paper (he says the paper is based on a single atypical…

CMS launches DOQ-IT University

19 years ago

From a CMS press release issued today:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the national launch of…