How Smart Physicians Can Reap Rewards with Obamacare
Despite all of Obamacare’s hype, politics, spin, and misrepresentation on both sides, wise doctors can win big.
Experiencing the Healthcare System as a Patient
No one understands what it is to be a patient with a life-changing condition, dependent on the system, until he is.
Why CMS’ Pioneer ACO Program Fails to Deliver
Nine of the 32 pioneer ACOs are calling it quits. The problem is execution, not concept.
Reality Sets in on the Real Cost of the Affordable Care Act
Delaying the employer mandate highlights the folly of trying to fix how healthcare is paid for.
Physicians on the Front Lines Answering ACA Patient Questions
WebMD health reform expert Lisa Zamosky says physicians will have to field a lot of questions about the ACA.
The Case for Higher Physician Reimbursement
Why smart policies must reward smart care by physicians.
What Consumer-Driven Healthcare Really Means to Physicians
The words “consumer-driven healthcare” are bandied about like the buzz words, but their real implications are profound.
The Rise of the Independent Physician Network
IPNs combine big geography, numbers, high technology, payer partnerships, and more, but can they save healthcare?
How CMS Should Cope with Increased Chronic Disease Rates
A new report reveals nearly eight in ten seniors, the generation, have at least one chronic condition. Here’s how we should be handling it.
The Perfect Recipe for Medical Practice Transformation
If you don’t prepare for reimbursement change, pocket change may be all you have left. Here’s the recipe for success.
Report Helps Physicians to Protect Patients’ Financial Well-Being
CMS takes a positive step toward price transparency by disclosing hospital pricing.
Medicare Rounding Errors and the Real World
Unnecessary Medicare readmissions cost workers $200 each every year.
The Top Ten Changes in Patient Expectations for 2013
Patient expectations have changed little in the past 15 months, but patient intensity has.
What Happens if Healthcare Reform Really Works
The economic consequences of shrinking over one sixth of the U.S. economy without an overall strategy could be disastrous.
Physicians Drowned out by Politics and Punditry
The mainstream media needs to give a voice to real experts in healthcare.
Sequester and ACA Hit Physicians, Hospitals Hard
The administration’s position seems to be that healthcare providers, particularly physicians, need to be controlled and starved.
How to Transform Your Physician Practice to Accommodate Changes
Physicians must transform their business models from merely being service providers. Why being complacent is your worst option.
Physician Independence May Die by a Thousand Tiny Cuts
Patient-Centered-Medical Home and other efforts, when in practice, affect physician independence.
Physicians, It is Time to Manage Care Delivery
It is time physicians embrace managing care delivery, not delivering care.
Physicians Without Patient Accountability is a Recipe for Failure
The importance of policing the highways of patient behavior.
Federal Focus on Solutions, Not Process Impacting Physicians
Government runs on processes, as seen by its solutions for healthcare. But, medicine is about people, not the process.
How Medicare Can Save Itself (and us)
Primary care accounts for just 5 percent of Medicare cost. Physicians are the engine to cut costs, not the culprit.
Electronic Access to Physicians is Good; Fragmentation is Bad
Providing 24/7 electronic access to primary care through telemedicine is creative, but it has challenges.
HMO Redux: This Time, Technology Puts Physicians in Charge
Just adding software without retooling your practice and joining an integrated care network isn’t the best approach.
High-performing Physician Networks: The Ideal ACO
Why a high-performing physician network could be an incredibly profitable business model.
The Digital Primary-Care Physician
Investment in digital health has soared while investment in traditional health has declined. What that means.
The Greatest Challenge Facing Physicians in 2013
This is a year of transition to primary implementation of the ACA, and it started with a showdown.
Predictions for Healthcare Headlines in 2013
Anyone can look back at 2012, but here’s an irreverent look “back” at 2013. The future may be uncertain for physicians, but, humor is tragedy plus time, so there’s plenty to work with.
My Healthcare Wish List for Christmas
Santa, fire up those elves! People like me, as well as doctors and nurses, could really use your help.
Physician Survival Strategies if Health Exchanges Delayed
Here’s how to prepare if subsidized health exchanges are not established in time.