Partners Healthcare, competition, regulation, and the redeeming virtues of robust quality and cost data

17 years ago

The Boston Globe Spotlight Team had another installment of its Partners Healthcare saga in Sunday's paper.  The general gist: Partners…

Jacob Hacker makes the case for public plan choice in national health reform

17 years ago

Jacob Hacker, at UC Berkeley, who has previously laid out the Medicare-for-all (plus some employer-based insurance) concepts that have been…

Just the wonks, ma'am

17 years ago

Vince Kuraitis, channeling Joe Friday, brings us the latest edition of Health Wonk Review at his e-CareManagement Blog.  Somehow, the…

Grand Rounds is up at Sharp Brains

17 years ago

Call it crowdsourcing, transparency, or whatever else you like, but the Obama transition team has been hard at work opening…

Stay Smart Stay Healthy: Humana's adventures in YouTube for the short of attention span

17 years ago

Humana purports to cut through all the jargon and traditional media with a new series of faux naif video clips…

Blawg Review of the Ancient Mariner

17 years ago

Since his last outing as host of Blawg Review, Colin Samuels, of Infamy or Praise, has had, shall we say,…

Caritas Christi $100m infusion from Ascension Health on hold

17 years ago

Caritas Christi, the Boston-area Catholic health system, has been through the wringer and was looking forward to some capital improvements…

UnitedHealthcare: Stranger than fiction

17 years ago

Uninsurance insurance.  Yep, that's the latest arrow in the quiver of health care insurance giant UnitedHealthcare.  As it loses covered…