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Look But Don’t Touch Your Own Health Data
A new report from the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (let’s… Read More
By August 27, 2025
Outcomes
The Best Way to Catch Elusive Health-Related Social Needs Data From Patients 
When did social determinants of health (SDOH) become health-related social needs (HRSN)? I obviously missed that change. But… Read More
By August 20, 2025
Economics
The Evidence Is Clear: Patients Shouldn’t Pay Their Increasingly Higher Medical Bills
I know someone who knows someone who works at a healthcare revenue cycle company. That someone told my… Read More
By August 13, 2025
Policy
Does Your Physician Look Like You?
I had my first visit with a new doctor a week ago. When he walked into the exam… Read More
By August 6, 2025
Outcomes
Prior Authorization Is About Payments, Not Patients
I’ve said this before, and it probably doesn’t bear repeating. But for some reason, I end up writing… Read More
By July 30, 2025
Outcomes
Can the Market Save Maternity Care and Our Future?
My wife of 42 years is a former labor and delivery nurse and a nursing professor who taught… Read More
By July 23, 2025
Economics
Open Payments? More Like Open Pockets.
I’ve been writing a lot lately about how healthcare is impervious to change. Nothing you throw at this… Read More
By July 16, 2025
System Dynamics
Tired of Waiting
A funny thing happens when you get older. You become significantly less willing to wait. For a drink… Read More
By July 9, 2025
Policy
Why National Health Expenditures Keep Rising 
When actuaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) release their annual historic and projected figures… Read More
By July 2, 2025
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