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Trump touches the face of a service man without arms
John New @JohnNew2015 It has been a movement from the beginning – God blessed the nation, with your candidacy, victory in the election and your presidency. Replying to @JohnNew2015 @POTUS The good citizens of the United States of America witness your sincerity of heart and true compassion for man. We’re grateful and fortunate. Replying to @JohnNew2015 […]
The HealthCare Debate is Misdirected
For Healthcare to be truly patient oriented and directed it has to be entrepreneurial Government directed Healthcare can never be truly patient friendly How Did We Get Here? The US Healthcare debate has been “what should or can the government do to solve the healthcare crises since the New Deal in the 1933 and following. […]
The Medicare Monster Concluded
A cautionary tale-Part IV Hospitals have adapted to the system by qualifying patients for more tests and procedures, by shifting patients to different DRG designations that carry a higher reimbursement rate, and especially by shifting patients from hospital to outpatient settings, which shifts the cost to the supplemental-insurance program. An HCFA official told us: “There […]
The Medicare Monster, A cautionary tale-Part III
A cautionary tale-Part III The deliberations about the cost of the hospital-insurance program make for a fascinating and almost comical story. Because it is hard to predict changes in medical technology and hospital costs, it was decided that the program could only be projected out 25 years, instead of the 75-year horizon that is used […]
Data Is Difficult to Measure Part V
Healthcare Data Will Only Get More Complex Dan LeSueur Vice President of Client and Technical Operations Posted in Data: Quality, Management, Governance and Data Warehouse / EDW Healthcare data will not get simpler in the future. If anything, this list will grow. Healthcare faces unique challenges and with that comes unique data challenges. Because healthcare data is so […]
The Medicare Monster Continued
A cautionary tale-Part II The deliberations about the cost of the hospital-insurance program make for a fascinating and almost comical story. Because it is hard to predict changes in medical technology and hospital costs, it was decided that the program could only be projected out 25 years, instead of the 75-year horizon that is used […]
Hospice Care
Hospice care, the Medicare program designed for the terminally ill in the 1980s has mushroom beyond any bureaucratic expectations. Initially projected to cover the final 180days of life, by 2013 paid for an average of 1000 days spread out over four or more calendar years. They cost Medicare 14% of its hospice spending, even though […]
Data Is Difficult to Measure Part IV
The data is complex. Dan LeSueur Vice President of Client and Technical Operations Posted in Data: Quality, Management, Governance and Data Warehouse / EDW Claims data has been around for years and thus it has been standardized and scrubbed. But this type of data is incomplete. Clinical data from sources like EMRs give a more complete picture of […]
The Medicare Monster
A cautionary tale-Part I Steven Hayward & Erik Peterson from the January 1993 issue – WSJ The scene is Capitol Hill. It’s the year 2035. Thousands of elderly protesters assemble outside the Capitol building. Inside, the House Ways and Means Committee meets to enact huge cuts in both Medicare and the national health-insurance program. Members are reluctant to take this […]
Restoring Accountability in Medical Practice by Non Participation in Government Programs and Understanding the Devastating Force of Government
Medicine and Liberty – Network of Liberty Oriented Doctors, MedLib.ch/, Alphonse Crespo, MD, Executive Director and Founder Medicine & Liberty (MedLib) is an independent physician network founded in 2007, dedicated to the study and advocacy of liberty, ethics & market in medical services. – We support professional autonomy for doctors and liberty of choice for […]