The following article which I would like to share with you today is called The Red Tape Blues by Grace-Marie Turner. Here she highlights a problem that will befall our working force and healthcare if certain aspects of Obamacare (if not the whole) are not repealed. September 27, 2010 11:53 A.M. By Grace-Marie Turner Employers [...]
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act becomes entrenched, many of us will discover that it is neither, especially not affordable. Case in point is the recent hike in insurance premiums by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut. The state insurance department recently approved premium increases greater than 20% for some of [...]
The following is a response given by me to the question of “Why is there resistance to EHR adoption?” The issue of EHR adoption is much more complex than just dollars. For those just starting out or on the hospital staff, adjustment to a new system will be an easy one. For those who have [...]
According to researchers at North Carolina State University, concern about privacy is what is really holding back EHR acceptance. Worry about making oneself vulnerable to identity theft is at the heart of this issue. David Baumer, head of N.C. State’s business management department and author of a new study, concurs and validates this concern. According [...]
As you probably have heard, President Obama is requiring insurers to sell healthcare policies to everyone regardless of their preexisting conditions. This “guaranteed issue” will be reflected in the extraordinarily high premiums that reflect future expected costs when a patient has an illness. With “community rating” which Congress would like to tack on to the [...]
Google has just revamped their Health system. UserInterfaces (UI) have become user-friendly. Now, not only can people with illness use the system, Google is concentrating on the population segment that is healthy and wants to stay that way! Employers and corporate heads are now “on the same page”- looking for programs that will keep their [...]
President Obama has been quoted as saying that critics of his healthcare reform legislation are trying to “scare and mislead” the public. Apparently there are many in government that are trying to take the blinders off and explain new policies to the general public. And in the court system opponents are exposing the bill as [...]
As we traverse the paths of healthcare reform in this new century, approaches to medical treatments are different but exciting as we open up to new possibilities- and new realms. Having care on your web is an understatement. The “web” you weave will meld information gleaned from healthcare providers, internet services and your advocates or [...]
Unbelievable as it seems in today’s age, patients came to a private practice in New Jersey and were herded into exam rooms to be evaluated by three members of a physician’s staff. The only problem is that…they were not physicians! The fact that they would “evaluate” a patient with no medical training is abhorrent. How [...]
After being kicked around for more than a year, meaningful use has been defined and waiting for implementation. Yet, many hospitals and physician offices have not been able to employ them yet and won’t be able to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments by 2012 or even 2015, when penalties for non-use start. Although [...]
