It’s well known that coding changes drive provider behavior, and billing behavior drives provider decisions. For the last 30 years, little has changed in health insurance billing, which is why the standard of care within the payer system has rema…
Category: Policy
Health care guest workers could make “home, sweet home” a reality for America’s seniors
“If you want to be happy in a million ways, for the holidays, you can’t beat home, sweet home.” The late Perry Como’s observations reflect a bittersweet truth about an unattainable goal — not just during the holiday season, but …
The Doctors Are In: Cancer Experts Try To Boost Ailing U.S.-China Relations
The rise of Joe Biden as U.S. president has stirred hopes for a bigger push for cancer cures from the U.S. government side
The U.S. doesn’t have enough faculty to train the next generation of nurses
Despite a national nursing shortage in the United States, over 80,000 qualified applications were not accepted at U.S. nursing schools in 2020, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This was due primarily to a shortage of nursin…
Why health care delivery is an exceptionally different industry: Why does it matter?
Second in a series. Please read part 1 and part 2. We expect that most readers have noticed the differences we cite and have also noticed that these differences are negative, not positive differences. The big question is, why these structural and strat…
Over 3,000 Canceled Flights: Airline Cuts Continue As Covid Cases Rise, Staff Shortages Persist
Fauci suggests vaccine mandates may be needed for domestic air travel.
A Disastrous Year In Federal Healthcare Spending
Congress and the Biden administration approved tens of billions in new healthcare expenditures. Much of that money will be wasted on inefficient programs and subsidies that do little to improve the quality of care that Americans receive.
High deductible health insurance is bankrupting Americans
Two decades ago, high deductible health plans barely existed. Today, more than half of the U.S. workforce is on one, which are plans with deductibles greater than $1300 per individual or $2,600 for a family. It’s a growing, undiscussed problem for publ…
As Omicron Surges, Unions Oppose Airlines’ Effort To Cut Isolation Time For Vaxxed But Infected Workers
Airlines and airline unions have largely worked together during the dramatic second year of the pandemic, but they have split over an industry effort to shorten isolation time for fully vaccinated crew members who experience breakthrough infections.
The goal of health care is in peril
Introduction and background As an emergency department medical director and physician, a busy emergency department can be a thing of beauty to me. We work hard to set up systems that will provide the care our patients need. Despite our best efforts, al…
