The Politics of Health Care

Fixing Healthcare Costs

Kelly Wolfgang — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog post is written by Alex Tolbert, founder of Bernard Health . Our healthcare system is broken partly because consumers don't know what anything costs. As patients become more proactive in making informed healthcare decisions, we...(read more)

Patient Confidentiality and Social Media

Kelly Wolfgang — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:22:00 GMT

Editor's note: This article was posted with permission from its author, Christine Gondos, Igloo Software. She can be reached at cgondos@igloosoftware.com . The fastpaced healthcare industry is continuously evolving -- whether it be newly released studies,...(read more)

Cloud Computing Meets HIPAA Omnibus: A Provider Checklist

Adrianne OBrien — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:08:00 GMT

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Frankie Rios, CISSP, VP information security and compliance, GNAX.) Cloud computing and storage is an undeniable migration path and IT strategy. Overall spending on cloud technology is expected to reach an...(read more)

Implications of the Affordable Care Act

Kelly Wolfgang — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:40:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog is written by Anthony J. Hall, RN, BSN, behavioral health charge nurse at Atlanta Medical Center. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) means major changes in the way Americans view health issues and treatment options. While there is...(read more)

Medicaid Expansion

Kelly Wolfgang — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:26:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog is written by Miguel A. Bustillos, department chair and professor at California University of Management & Sciences in Virginia. Most of us have heard about the Medicaid expansion and how states like Florida, Texas and Virginia...(read more)

Is Gun Violence a Public Health Issue?

Kelly Wolfgang — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:13:00 GMT

As reported on Newswise, the following is a statement by Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, president of The New York Academy of Medicine, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious medical academies, on the seriousness of gun violence as a major public health...(read more)

Patient Engagement Helps Hospitals Achieve Stage 2 Meaningful Use Compliance

Adrianne OBrien — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:27:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Jodi DeMarco, PhD; she is the interactive solutions advisor for TeleHealth Services. The controversy around meaningful use options and proposed requirements has morphed from spirited debate to reluctant acceptance....(read more)

Projected Costs of Healthcare Law Changing

Adrianne OBrien — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:14:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Michael LaMagna is a partner at Timins & LaMagna, LLP, practicing Health Care Regulatory, Elder /Probate/Disability/Trusts and Estates, Social Security and General Legal practice in both New York and Connecticut....(read more)

Patient Education, Engagement, & Interactivity Tools Help Hospitals Achieve Stage 2 Meaningful Use Compliance

Adrianne OBrien — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:39:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Jodi DeMarco, interactive brand manager, TeleHealth Services . With final Stage 2 rules for satisfying meaningful use requirements issued by The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) last week, several...(read more)

Business as Usual: What the Supreme Court Ruling Means for Healthcare M&A

Adrianne OBrien — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:09:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Molly K. O'Neill, Brian R. Browder and Donald B. Stuart. With the dust settling on the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling, the question of whether the decision will lead to increased M&A activity in...(read more)

HIE Options: The Battle Between Public and Private Continues

Rebecca Hepp — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:11:00 GMT

As Meaningful Use criteria push towards required interoperability and changing reimbursement methods necessitate more coordinated care, HIEs are looking more and more appealing to h H ealthcare providers. The HIE market practically exploded last year,...(read more)

Pharma: To Tweet, Or Not to Tweet?

Adrianne OBrien — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:42:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Chelsea Foster , a copywriter at DKI. Twitter has openly embraced the unimportant. It is the foundation upon which it was built in the first place. We all have that innate desire to inform the online eyes and ears...(read more)

ICD-10: Still in the Works

Rebecca Hepp — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:10:00 GMT

If you are worried that your organization is falling behind on ICD-10 preparation, you are not alone. Nearly half of the 2,118 providers who participated in the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) February 2012 ICD-10 readiness survey said...(read more)

Having Insurance Doesn't Rule Out Social Security Disability Eligibility

Adrianne OBrien — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Karen Hercules-Doerr, a healthcare executive and director of Community-Based Representatives at Allsup. Contact: k.hercules-doerr@allsupinc.com . It seems reasonable to assume that patients with health insurance...(read more)

The Medicaid "Wrinkle"

Adrianne OBrien — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:17:00 GMT

Editor's note: This blog was written by Jill Glomsted, editor of ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners. In the June 28 Supreme Court ruling, seven of the nine Justices agreed that it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to force...(read more)