This weekend, I was once again reminded of the importance of customer service, or lack thereof. My flight from Halifax to Glasgow Friday was cancelled as a result of a…
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Medicare is the federal program that provides health insurance coverage to 59.7 million Americans: 51.7 million are seniors 65 plus and 8.6 million who are disabled. It is the second…
This is going to be a big week for healthcare. Today, the President will issue an Executive Order that requires hospitals, insurers, physicians and others in the industry to disclose…
Last Thursday at 7 pm CDT, Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) shut its doors. Its owner, West Palm Beach FL-based Rennova Health, promised its 120 employees and clinicians the closure…
This past Tuesday, CVS Health President and CEO Larry Merlo hosted the company’s annual Investors Day. Highlights of the five presentations by company executives included its plans to aggressively expand its…
The relationship between hospitals and insurers is blurring. Consider: More than 100 hospitals/health systems sponsor health insurance plans: in two of three, they are joint ventures with insurance companies like…
The national discussion about the future of healthcare is predictably mired in the rhetoric of the race for the White House pitting 22 Democrats promising universal access vs. the incumbent…
Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released its April jobs report, citing a seasonally adjusted gain of 263,000 jobs. It marks the 103rd successive month of gains and resulted in…
Last week, CMS unveiled its new Primary Cares Initiative (PCI) program that aims to enlist participation by a fourth of providers and engage many of the 44 million Medicare beneficiaries…
