The market is rising up in response to the price-distortions of the medical-industrial complex. The Kroger-GoodRx partnership is a huge end-run around the price-skimming cabal of PBMs and their Health Plan co-conspirators. – Robert Nelson, FfHCF “More than 200 million …
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David Goldhill on Cost Drivers and Price Distortions in Healthcare
Minus the introduction and Q&A, the 45 -50 minute presentation is well worth your time. Engaging delivery and compelling case to consider… the cost drivers and distortions come from HOW we access and bill, as opposed to WHAT services are …
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The Problem With ‘Pay for Performance’ in Medicine – The New York Times
The idea is intuitively appealing: Reward doctors for positive outcomes, not per procedure. But it doesn’t seem to work as well as hoped. Source: The Problem With ‘Pay for Performance’ in Medicine – The New York Times
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Words I’m Not Using Until Further Notice | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
They all have it. Every industry seems to have a list of obligatory phrases, two or more of which must be used in any meeting or memo in order to sound professional and lend a sense of credibility to Source: …
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Type 2 Diabetes Reversible With Low Calorie Diet | ConsultantLive
We’ve observed and documented this for years in individual patients who our success stories for other patients to emulate. It is nice to have some data that backs up what we’ve known to be true. That being, if you want …
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Most of the care you’re receiving isn’t patient-centered. Here’s why.
There is no excuse for the lousy service people get from our system. Source: Most of the care you’re receiving isn’t patient-centered. Here’s why.
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Is wellness working? | BenefitsPro
Indeed, the highest participation came for health risk and biometric assessments, which 48 percent of employees underwent. Organizations often offer employees lower premiums for doing such screenings. Only 22 percent of workers participated in worksite diet or exercise events, while …
The Fallacy of Big & Broad Wellness Programs | The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism
Perhaps a better line to describe the current state of wellness programs would be “If you build it, and spend a lot of money to incentivize people to use it, they will come – but they probably won’t stay or …
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