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Taking Measure of Talent
Take a look at this white paper to hear The Harvard Business Review's take on measuring talent.
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Medicare hires CSC but with short leash
Berwick signed a short-leash computing contract and appointed a respected reformer to head his innovation unit just before testifying to Congress for the first time since his recess appointment.
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Predictive modeling goes to work for Medicare
In January Medicare will take bids on predictive modeling contracts covering the 10 biggest fraud states.
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Hospitals retain pricing power even in bad times
Hospitals had substantial pricing power at the height of the managed care era, and this power has only increased
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Avalere research demonstrates business model point
Someone needs to talk straight with the American people. The present fee-for-service business model of medical practice is doomed. It is unsustainable. Call it Medical Home, call it coaching, call...
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Obama health agenda takes shape
The authors argue that the differences in growth are largely due to discretionary decisions by physicians that are influenced by the local availability of hospital beds, imaging centers and other...
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The Medicare decision made in 2008
The 2008 election showed most Americans don't want to become like Brazil, or Mexico, but have a more European outlook. How will that inform health care policy in 2009?
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Medicare tests multiple PHRs including Google
Google may think of these rivals as "tomato cans" on the way to the championship bout with Microsoft, but it had best take these competitors seriously.
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Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consulting
Effective today, Medicare will stop reimbursing hospitals for certain medical errors. There are important implications for IT consulting and project failures.
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Medicare bargains going away
The real issue is the growing budget crunch, and promises made by both sides. Republicans won big subsidies in creating a partly-privatized Medicare covering prescription drugs. Doctors once...
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Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage in the House of Wax
Reformers will talk about "greed" among those who have benefitted from the Bush Administration's privatization efforts. Industry will claim government can't do anything right, and thus all...
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A health policy turning point?
Given a choice between the insurance-backed Medicare Advantage and the government-backed Medicare, doctors went with Medicare. Whether they continue to do so depends on whether, in next year's...
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AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts
Some doctors are doing more to pile on the pressure, cutting back their patient services and closing their doors to new Medicare patients.
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A simple storage device that saves lives
Modern storage includes all manner of exotica: nanowires; HAMR; clusters and more. But research has shown that a simple storage device can save tens of thousands of lives a year in hospitals...
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Feds to pay more if you have automated records
The federal government says it will pay more for Medicare patients' care as their clinics get electronic medical record equipment. (Cartoon for Slate by Glenn McCoy.) The announcement is part of...
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GAO IDs 47 weaknesses in how Medicare/Medicaid transmit data
Millions of citizen's health data is vulnerable to disclosure because of weak controls on transmission. Agency says many problems will be fixed soon.
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ME Medicare system still struggling
Federal report hits state for weak spending controls in system, which still suffers glitches 18 months after launch.
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Free Medicare Money! Oops, not so fast.
Senior Journal reports that the Medicare program erroneously sent out $50 million in drug refunds to seniors, due to an unspecified computer glitch. Unfortunately, the seniors who received...
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Maine Medicare system fraught with problems
State trying to roll out fixes in releases over a year but in a release last month, more problems were discovered.
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Medicare website delayed for Yom Kippur
The Post reports that the new Medicare website, which will allow seniors to comparison shop among the different drug plans, has been delayed until Monday to avoid conflicts with Yom Kippur, the...
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Medicare hires CSC but with short leash
Berwick signed a short-leash computing contract and appointed a respected reformer to head his innovation unit just before testifying to Congress for the first time since his recess appointment.
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