I’ve been trying to understand why as a nation, we are so divided about health care reform. You would think every American would be generous enough to think the guy next door deserved decent health care. You would also think we would be embarrassed to have our issues aired in front of all the other [...]
I spent most of the day watching the health care summit President Obama held at Blair House today. I’ve drawn only a few new conclusions.
1)The process needs an independent, trained facilitator. The President isn’t one. He’s in favor of his own proposals; his party has a dog in the hunt. That reduces his credibility. It [...]
A few years ago, my partners in AHITA.org ( a non-profit organized to help providers implement EHRs) and I implemented an electronic health record in a physician practice. Along the way, we evaluated every major product and discussed with the physicians in the practice what they needed and how to examine their [...]
We knew it all along. One third of the dollars spent on health care are wasted, and 22% of that waste is outright Medicare fraud. I don’t know if you saw 60 Minutes last night, but there was an incredible segment on Medicare fraud that said it’s now bigger than drug cartels in Miami, because [...]
