by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today OCTOBER 1, 2015 – Time’s up. After years of handwringing, delays, excuses, and predictions of doom: the ICD-10 era begins tomorrow. And surprisingly, there are those who are now saying that sometimes even 70,000 diagnosis codes aren’t enough. That’s what seems […]
By Chris Conover,Contributor SEPT 16, 2015 – The Census Bureau has finally released definitive statistics on the number of uninsured in 2014 and the news is not good for Obamacare (unless, of course, you have abysmally low expectations for government performance). The population-wide uninsured rate fell from 14.5% in […]
By Amy Goldstein September 1 at 4:57 PM During the first three months of the year, just 1 in 20 Americans said they did not get medical care they needed because they could not afford it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings, […]
By Kurt Eichenwald / February 9, 2015 9:15 AM EST There’s taking a stand. Then there’s taking a stand in quicksand. And that’s where the Republican Party finds itself. After almost six years of gloom-and-dooming, every intellectually honest Republican has to admit Obamacare is making life better not […]
By David Saltzman OCTOBER 12, 2014 – On this episode of ShiftShapers, we welcome Dr. Erika Bliss, President and CEO of Qliance, a Seattle-based pioneer in the Direct Pay Primary Care (DPPC) practice model. Established in 2006, Qliance is delivering impressive results by focusing on an on-demand primary care […]
Nationalized health care in Western Europe, the model for the Affordable Care Act. By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh December 4, 2014 – I’ve watched Americans cheering in mass hysteria for the Affordable Care Act of March 23, 2010 that would provide health insurance for 15 percent of Americans […]
Written By Michael Tetreault, Editor, Concierge Medicine Today Key Performance Indicators (KPI), also known as Key Success Indicators (KSI), help a concierge medical practice define and measure progress toward organizational goals (Source: About.com). Once a private practice has analyzed its mission, identified all its audience, and defined its […]
By Candace Chase/The Daily Inter Lake | Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:00 pm Dr. Doug Pitman takes calls from patients anytime and doesn’t mind consulting while on skis at Whitefish Mountain Resort. He even stops by their homes for consultations. “I’m on call all the time,” he […]
By Bruce Japsen, Forbes Contributor MAY 14, 2014 – The elusive goal to provide consumers more transparency about prices may soon be achieved via a collaborative effort of health insurance giants Aetna AET +0.04% (AET), Humana HUM -1.5% (HUM) and UnitedHealth Group UNH -0.97% (UNH), the three confirmed […]
AMG Medical Heads to Washington to Lobby For SGR Repeal and Replace APRIL 1, 2014 – NY – As healthcare reform sweeps the nation, many medical professionals are pushing for fair partnerships with Medicare in order to continue providing service to their patient base. Dr. John Muney, founder […]
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The toolkit includes a set of fact sheets and links to key resources that provide general information about cannabis plants and products, methods of consumption, and approaches to harm reduction. Members of the CPHO Health Professional Forum are encouraging health professionals to use resources such as Cannabasics, the Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines developed at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and other credible sources of evidence to support patient education. Source: Canadian Public Health Association, 2018
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