Al Lewis is an actuarial consultant that has long focused on challenging wellness and care management vendors to prove their value. He founded the “Disease
A Health Policy Brief published in Health Affairs on December 13, 2012 referenced an analysis published last April in JAMA regarding waste in health care.
This week, Julie Creswell and Reed Abelson published an interesting piece in the New York Times about how the war between hospital chains puts doctors
Today, the CMS announced that it added another 89 ACOs to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Including the original 6 Physician Group Practice Transition
This morning, the United States Supreme Court made its landmark decision to uphold the health care reform law. I am very happy about it
I choose to be an optimist. I can visualize a health care system that is better than the one we have. A system where we
Improving health care requires convincing people to make changes. Changing a care process begins with changing the minds of the people involved in that process.
There is a popular adage for information technology professionals: “Don’t pave the cow paths.” I recently worked with a client from Texas, and they were
In a recent blog post, I attempted to summarize the legal arguments behind the debate about the constitutionality of the health care reform law —
Trinity Health – Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) recently announced that they signed a three and a half year agreement under which