One of the things that continues to shock us in healthcare are the costs to administer the back-office, or the cost to generate, send, process, pay and receive a medical…
Month: July 2017
Silicon Valley and Healthcare (Part 1)
The inspiration for this series of blogs was a recent report on CNBC that Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook had worn a device that tracked his blood sugar, hinting at…
Healthcare’s Disruptive Transition - Part 3
Recently, Quest Diagnostics (a laboratory services company) and Inovalon (a cloud-based storage company) sponsored a survey of 302 primary care physicians (PCP) and 150 health plan executives (HPE). We could…
The GOP Healthcare Bill - The U.S. Senate Version (Part 3)
“Healthcare can be fixed without higher costs by putting patient care first, taking advantage of the technology that is available to coordinate better care, improving patient control and access to…
The GOP Healthcare Bill - The U.S. Senate Version (Part 2)
Why can’t we fix U.S. Healthcare? The biggest problem with the healthcare bill submitted by the Republicans in the U.S. Senate is that they have not tried to fix the…
The GOP Healthcare Bill - The U.S. Senate Version (Part 1)
It is nearly impossible to turn on the television, read any website, or listen to talk radio in America and not be overwhelmed by the discussion on the Republican Senate…