Cooperation vs Competition in Health Care
I've long admired the Cleveland Clinic, so I hope this paragraph from a New York Times article on how drug shortages force rationing dec...
Whom Can You Trust? - FTC Charges DeVry University, Sister School of American University of the Caribbean and Ross University Medical Schools, with Deceptive Marketing
Now there is another reason for Americans who aspire to medical careers to be concerned about applying to offshore medical schools. Introduc...
Medical Scribes and the Patient-Doctor Relationship
I'd heard and read about the practice of bringing "scribes" into the exam room to allow the doctor to relate to the patient ra...
My insurance premium went up. How can I find out the reason for the increase?
Consumers frequently ask us this question. Your agent or insurer should be able to provide you with an explanation other than “there was a g...
Inverse Relationship Between Medical Spending and Malpractice Risk
Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is 4x Source Here’s a headline from Medscape late last fall that strikes fear in my heart: ...
Massachusetts Allowable Price Variations Have Not Abated
Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is 336% Provider price variation continues to drive a substantial amount of the high cost of Ameri...
JAMA JUMPS THE SHARK
JAMA JUMPS THE SHARK Medical journals are supposed to promote professional values – scientific, social, and ethical. Quality matters, in eac...
Boredom as a Health Hazard/Uber as a Cure!
A recent New York Times article featured a photo of Carol Sue Johnson, 73, in her rear view mirror, setting out as a Uber driver. Apparentl...
If you find yourself the subject of an insurance fraud investigation, the best thing to do is cooperate
Our consumer advocates respond to thousands of inquiries from Washington consumers each year. Sometimes, we hear from people who are the sub...
ADHD – Overtreating boys, or undertreating girls
Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is 12% Source Quartz posted an article earlier this week on the underdiagnosis of attention defi...
Health Care Managers as Ever More Effective Value Extractors - Following Up on Novant Health and Cape Cod Healthcare
The ever increasing compensation of top managers of health care organizations provides incentives to continue business as usual. We have f...
Sanders Releases Universal Health Care Details
Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Number is $1.38 trillion Bernie Sanders released (some) details of his universal health care program tod...
Tips To Secure Cheap Auto Insurance for Bad Driving Record With Affordable Rates
It gets very difficult to secure car insurance within affordable price brackets if you have a poor driving record. Poor driving record impli...
Not Going to Take it Anymore - Doctors in the Pacific Northwest Unionize, Begin Collective Bargaining with Hospital Systems
We have posted about the plight of the corporate physician . In the US, home of the most commercialized health care system among developed ...
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