Before you ever approach your doctor#8217;s office, your third-party insurer has already determined what tasks will be paid for, what tasks will not and how much will be paid. As a result, doctors are not free to repackage and reprice their services the way other professionals do.
However, entrepreneurs are developing products that doctors […]
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A post on the a href=”http://blogs.openforum.com/2008/12/31/ten-tiny-things-every-small-business-owner-should-do-in-2009/”Top 10 Things Every Small Business Owner Should Do in 2009/a by a href=”http://blog.guykawasaki.com/”Guy Kawasaki/a came across my screen this morning via a href=”http://twitter.com/paulhelmick/status/1088115610″@paulhelmick/a and caught my eye.br /br /Great advice for any business person to consider and “do” in 2009. We can all do […]
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John Goodman is the president of the National Center for Policy Analysis
Baby boomers. There are about 78 million of them, and they have retirement on their minds. If the past is a guide to the future, more than 80% of them will retire early (before eligibility for Medicare) even if they are not […]
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We can telephonically engage/coach/monitor and help persons with diabetes, asthma, heart failure, COPD, coronary artery disease – but how about serious persistent mental illness? Check out this interesting paper published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Managed Care by Paul F. Cook, Suzie Emiliozzi, Corey Waters and Dana El Hajj […]
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The below post, wrapping up Day 3 of the 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, is from Tim Edwards, manager of physician relations at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His blog is “Misunderestimation#8221;
World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress Day 3 Wrap-up and Summary
The final day of the World […]
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Dr. John Goodman is the president of the National Center for Policy Analysis
At the National Journal Health Blog, Marilyn Serafini asked, #8220;How much does health reform really cost, what elements are worth it, and what are the best and worst options for paying for it?#8221; She invites bloggers to compare […]
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Tim Edwards, manager of physician relations at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has posted a couple of nice entrires on his blog: #8220;Misunderestimation: Life in the 21st Century#8221; on WHIT. Read here for the Day 1 summary and here for Day 2.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Worldhealthcareblogorg/~4/480759780″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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We had a quite a few WHIT attendees posting their thoughts on Twitter these past three days. Click here to view the feed and type in #WHITC08.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Worldhealthcareblogorg/~4/480694532″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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The first day of the 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress is in the books. Yesterday#8217;s packed presentations included a facsinating address by Newt Gingrich, founder of the Center for Health Transformation and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Gingrich engaged the audience with his vision for a […]
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The 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT 4.0) begins Monday, December 8 in Washington D.C. We will have an impressive line up of presenters this year. Scott McNealy, chairman of Sun Microsystems, Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot, Dr. Jeong Kim, president of Bell Labs and Newt Gingrich, founder of […]
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