The Politics of Health Care : Politics

Mammography and the Right to Choose

Frank Irving — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

Guest commentary from Valerie M. Chapman, RN, MSN I am a wife, a mother of two awesome kids, a daughter, a sister and a nurse. I am also a survivor. At the age of 43 a routine screening mammogram picked up an abnormality in my left breast that turned...(read more)

Achieving Meaningful Use

Frank Irving — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:33:00 GMT

Guest commentary from Celwyn C. Evans, a senior partner at Greencastle Associates Consulting in Malvern, Pa. With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)...(read more)

What PAWA Would Mean to Employers

Frank Irving — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:38:00 GMT

The Protecting America's Workers Act of 2009, if passed by Congress, would dramatically alter the regulatory regime. Guest commentary from Eric J. Conn and Robert C. Gombar, partners in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, based in Washington,...(read more)

Harvard Research Reveals Startling Stats on Veterans

Frank Irving — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:57:00 GMT

Guest commentary from Physicians for a National Health Program , an organization of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance. A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates that 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age...(read more)

MGMA Pleased with House Vote on Health Reform

Frank Irving — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:56:00 GMT

Guest commentary from William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is pleased that the House has voted favorably on H.R. 3962 (The Affordable Health Care for...(read more)

Reform is Historic; Price Tag Could be, Too

Frank Irving — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:32:00 GMT

Guest commentary from David St. Clair, founder and CEO of MEDecision, a provider of collaborative health care management solutions. I felt the health care reform news out of Washington last week was decidedly mixed. For those of us who have advocated...(read more)

Whose Numbers Would You Trust?

Frank Irving — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:25:00 GMT

As the U.S. Senate attempts to merge bills from its Finance and Health committees, considerable controversy surrounds the data being used to support -- or detract from -- proposed measures. For example, in a report prepared for America's Health Insurance...(read more)

Get Ready for a More Aggressive OSHA

Frank Irving — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Guest commentary by James A. Lastowka, a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in Washington, D.C., and a member of the firm's OSHA, MSHA & Catastrophe Response Group. The Obama administration's "new OSHA" has a simple message...(read more)

President Spends a Third of His Time on Health Care

Frank Irving — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:12:00 GMT

There's no denying the importance of health care reform within President Barack Obama's agenda. In a July 28 interview with Time magazine's Karen Tumulty, the president said that in the last two to three weeks, he's been spending at least a third of his...(read more)

What Women Need

Frank Irving — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:20:00 GMT

Guest commentary by Sabrina Corlette, director of health policy programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families In the halls of Congress, in the media, in the coffee shops and restaurants of Washington, D.C. -- health care reform is dominating...(read more)

Health Care Reform: Ready or Not, Here it Comes

Frank Irving — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Guest commentary by Nancy Nager, RN, BSN, MSN, president of Specialized Billing Services, Inc. Medical billing is about to get a lot more complicated. If your medical practice hasn't kept pace with new billing requirements, or if you're bogged down by...(read more)

Flexible Accreditation: The Politically Acceptable Key to Accountability — and Interoperability

Frank Irving — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Guest commentary from Lee Barrett, executive director of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards-development and accreditation organization. Information technology has been mature enough to transform...(read more)

E-prescribers Pass 100,000 Milestone

Frank Irving — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:46:00 GMT

Surecripts, operator of the nation's largest electronic prescribing network, reported on April 22 that more than 100,000 prescribers are now routing prescriptions electronically in the United States. Surescripts made the announcement in conjunction with...(read more)

For EHR Implementation, the Time to Act is Now

Frank Irving — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:37:00 GMT

Guest commentary from Thomas L. Pettibone, founder and managing partner of Transition Partners. President Obama's economic recovery package allows for billions of dollars for health care IT investment. As the recovery package begins to be distributed,...(read more)

EHR Rework Ahead

Frank Irving — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:27:00 GMT

A large majority of readers -- 65 percent -- who answered ADVANCE 's online opinion poll during the past month said they need to rework their existing EHR plans in light of the HIT provisions of the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment...(read more)