Alexis Kayser (Email) – 2 days ago Healthcare is kind of like cereal, according to a Nov. 13 LinkedIn article by Robert Pearl, MD. Dr. Pearl — the former executive director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, and current co-host of the podcast “Fixing Healthcare” — alleged that the healthcare industry is engaging in […]
— The only value in healthcare should be the value of a healthy citizenry by Steven Merahn, MD November 12, 2023 Merahn is a veteran physician-executive. George Orwell’s seminal novel 1984 introduced the concept of “doublethink”: the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct. Think: “war is peace,” “freedom is slavery,” or
— The search results may be leading consumers to unproven treatments by Paul Knoepfler, PhD November 7, 2023 After more than 20 years of using Google, why do I now “anti-trust” the search engine? I’ve found that Google often spits out results that are, in my opinion, flat out bad for public health. They’ve also
Jakob Emerson Sachin Jain, MD, has a message for Medicare Advantage critics: You’re right. That message, of course, comes with a big asterisk. Dr. Jain, who leads one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Medicare Advantage companies, is a proponent of fixing issues with the 26-year-old federal program versus tearing it all down — a notion
Michael J. Dowling, President & CEO, Northwell Health – Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 It’s no secret that Americans are increasingly being exposed to rising levels of rudeness, hostility, a lack of civility and decency in our day-to-day lives. So many of our so-called leaders contribute to the regression — headline-seeking politicians, narcissistic CEOs and media
Kelly Gooch – Updated 2 days ago Amid leadership turnover, hospitals and health systems have various choices in terms of filling executive positions, such as appointing a successor from inside the organization or selecting an external — or internal — professional to take the role on an interim basis during the search for a permanent
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Erica Carbajal “If you see something, say something.” It’s a phrase familiar to front-line staff who hospitals and health systems in large part rely on to report safety risks and events, but in many cases, a key component is missing: Training. Those who work outside of healthcare quality may assume such training for front-line staff
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Jakob Emerson – Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 From Walmart and UnitedHealth Group to Instacart and Alignment Healthcare, these are six grocery companies that have launched co-branded Medicare Advantage plans with payers in the last two years: Grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a co-branded Medicare Advantage plan in 2024 with Alignment Healthcare in 13 counties
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Mariah Taylor Starting Oct. 1, CMS began allowing public and private insurers to pay “street medicine” providers for services delivered where homeless people might be staying, KFF Health News reported Oct. 16. Previously, these providers could not be paid by most Medicaid programs for their services if they were not delivered in traditional medical facilities.
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Molly Gamble Healthcare moving out of hospitals has been forecasted for the past decade with the certainty of death and taxes. But it’s brick-and-mortar infrastructure that continues to raise big questions and pivots for health system strategy, at least for now. If one isn’t careful, the futuristic outlook for hospital at home and telehealth can
