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Bending the cost-curve: a proposal from some Old School bipartisans

By on April 22, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Affordable Care Act, Business and health, Consumer-directed health, Electronic health records, Employers, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health IT, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health regulation, Managed care, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Shopping and health, Value based health, Workplace wellness

Strange political bedfellows have come together to draft a formula for dealing with spiraling health care costs in the U.S. iin A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). The BPC was founded by Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. This [...]

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1 in 5 US consumers asks a doctor for a lower-cost Rx

By on April 10, 2013 in Bio/life sciences, Complementary and alternative medicine, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, FDA, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, media and health, Medicaid, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, Prescription drugs, Retail health, Shopping and health, Supply chain

  With U.S. health consumers spending $45 billion out-of-pocket for prescription drugs in 2011, pharmaceutical products are morphing into retail health products. As such, as they do with any other consumer good, consumers can vote with their feet by walking away from a product purchase or making the spend based on the price of the [...]

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The need for a Zagat and TripAdvisor in health care

By on April 9, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Business and health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Digital health, Employers, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health IT, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Internet and Health, media and health, Medicare, Money and health, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Retail health, Shopping and health, Social media and health

  Patient satisfaction survey scores have begun to directly impact Medicare payment for health providers. Health plan members are morphing into health consumers spending “real money” in high-deductible health plans. Newly-diagnosed patients with chronic conditions look online for information to sort out whether a generic drug is equivalent to a branded Rx that costs five-times [...]

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The Not-So-Affordable Care Act? Cost-squeezed Americans still confused and need to know more

By on April 1, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Baby Boomers and Health, Business and health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Financial health, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health reform, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospital finance, Hospitals, Internet and Health, media and health, Medicaid, Medicare, Moms and health, Money and health, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Supply chain, Uninsured, Value based health

While health care cost growth has slowed nationally, most Americans feel they’re going up faster than usual. 1 in 3 people believe their own health costs have gone up faster than usual, and 1 in 4 feel they’re going out about “the same amount” as usual. For only one-third, health costs feel like they’re staying [...]

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Bill Clinton’s public health, cost-bending message thrills health IT folks at HIMSS

By on March 7, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Aging and Technology, Baby Boomers and Health, Children's health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Environment and heatlh, Financial health, Food and health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Kids' health, media and health, Medicaid, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Money and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

In 2010, the folks who supported health care reform were massacred by the polls, Bill Clinton told a rapt audience of thousands at HIMSS13 yesterday. In 2012, the folks who were against health care reform were similarly rejected. President Clinton gave the keynote speech at the annual HIMSS conference on March 6, 2013, and by [...]

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