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Innovation Needed: Medicare and Social Security

by francine 01.26.2011

Image via Wikipedia Those of us who follow both innovation and politics know that most of the budget is not discretionary. The “untouchables” include Medicare, Social Security, and Defense. The “discretionary” includes everything necessary to win the future: education, clean energy, new infrastructure, and high speed transportation. The President believes we should innovate in those [...]

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Senate Kicking Medicare Reimbursements 30 Days Down the Road

by francine 11.19.2010

Perfect example of kicking the can down the road: the Senate prevented a cut in Medicare payments for doctors during the month of December, so they could kick it down the road to the new Congress without freaking out seniors. They still haven’t figured out they could fix it permanently, and are only going for [...]

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InformationTechnology in Health Care: Coming Soon (er)

by francine 04.12.2010

Once again I am amazed at how money is misspent in health care, even though mucho technology is out there to cut costs. Arizona Health-e Connections Summit is a conference/trade show for people interested in linking disparate bits of data into meaningful information for both payers and providers (never mind the patient–she comes last). Roaming [...]

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Mayo Clinic CEO Adds to Civil Discourse About Health Care

by francine 04.08.2010

There has been precious little civil discourse around the reent health care legislation, but Victor Trastek, MD, CEO of Mayo Clinic Arizona,  made a distinguished contribution to it when he spoke to the Harvard Business School Club in Phoenix today. Of course he was speaking to educated people, but it was heartening to hear him [...]

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