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Harvard Pilgrim CEO Eric Schultz discusses consumer engagement and transparency 20 May 2013 | 03:05 pm
HarvardPilgrim HealthCare, which has been ranked as the best health plan in the US for the past nine years, is taking new steps in the areas of consumer engagement and price transparency. It recently ...
Skeptical about health screenings? Me, too 17 May 2013 | 10:54 pm
Hospitals and health systems are always looking to boost brand awareness and attract new patients, so it’s not surprising that some sponsor high-profile medical screening buses to get the word out and...
Wanted: Entrepreneurial business models for doctors 16 May 2013 | 10:10 pm
My perception is that doctors in previous generations were more likely to devote their entire lives (professional and “personal” time) to the practice of medicine. Today’s doctors are more likely to c...
Big C leads to the Big B (bankruptcy) 15 May 2013 | 09:11 pm
People with cancer are more than twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as those without, according to a new study in Health Affairs. Medical expenses can be high even for those that have insurance, t...
I’m not worried about an Obamacare induced fast food shortage 15 May 2013 | 09:02 pm
Mid-sized, low wage companies will feel the effect of Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. Currently, many of their workers are uninsured but that is meant to change next year. Health insurance w...
Are biosimilars ethical? 15 May 2013 | 12:47 am
>Generic drugs have been an effective cost containment solution for traditional, small molecule pharmaceuticals. As large molecule biologics proliferate and take up a growing share of medical spending...
Treating tumors not patients 14 May 2013 | 04:59 am
Older people with short life expectancies often receive aggressive, expensive treatment for non-threatening skin cancers, receive little benefit from the treatments, and experience inconvenience, side...
Podcast interview with Cancer Treatment Centers of America CEO Steve Bonner (transcript) 10 May 2013 | 03:56 pm
This is the transcript of my recent interview with Cancer Treatment Centers of America CEO Steve Bonner. David Williams: This is David E. Williams from the Health Business Group. I’m speaking today wi...
In praise of Chris Christie’s weight loss approach 9 May 2013 | 09:30 pm
I had never paid too much attention to New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie until Hurricane Sandy, when I was impressed with how he put residents of his state above politics in his cooperat...
Health Wonk Review is up at Managed Care Matters 9 May 2013 | 07:55 pm
Check out the Health Wonk Review blog carnival on Joe Paduda’s always-excellent Managed Care Matters. Share
