James Doulgeris

Despite all of Obamacare’s hype, politics, spin, and misrepresentation on both sides, wise doctors can win big.

No one understands what it is to be a patient with a life-changing condition, dependent on the system, until he is.

Nine of the 32 pioneer ACOs are calling it quits. The problem is execution, not concept.

Delaying the employer mandate highlights the folly of trying to fix how healthcare is paid for.

WebMD health reform expert Lisa Zamosky says physicians will have to field a lot of questions about the ACA.

Why smart policies must reward smart care by physicians.

The words “consumer-driven healthcare” are bandied about like the buzz words, but their real implications are profound.

IPNs combine big geography, numbers, high technology, payer partnerships, and more, but can they save healthcare?

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.

If you don’t prepare for reimbursement change, pocket change may be all you have left. Here’s the recipe for success.

CMS takes a positive step toward price transparency by disclosing hospital pricing.

Unnecessary Medicare readmissions cost workers $200 each every year.

Patient expectations have changed little in the past 15 months, but patient intensity has.

The economic consequences of shrinking over one sixth of the U.S. economy without an overall strategy could be disastrous.

The mainstream media needs to give a voice to real experts in healthcare.

The administration’s position seems to be that healthcare providers, particularly physicians, need to be controlled and starved.

Physicians must transform their business models from merely being service providers. Why being complacent is your worst option.

Patient-Centered-Medical Home and other efforts, when in practice, affect physician independence.

It is time physicians embrace managing care delivery, not delivering care.

The importance of policing the highways of patient behavior.

Government runs on processes, as seen by its solutions for healthcare. But, medicine is about people, not the process.

Primary care accounts for just 5 percent of Medicare cost. Physicians are the engine to cut costs, not the culprit.

Providing 24/7 electronic access to primary care through telemedicine is creative, but it has challenges.

Just adding software without retooling your practice and joining an integrated care network isn’t the best approach.

Why a high-performing physician network could be an incredibly profitable business model.

Investment in digital health has soared while investment in traditional health has declined. What that means.

This is a year of transition to primary implementation of the ACA, and it started with a showdown.

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.

Santa, fire up those elves! People like me, as well as doctors and nurses, could really use your help.

Here’s how to prepare if subsidized health exchanges are not established in time.