Thursday, September 24, 2026 - Updated Daily
Happy New Year! Now that I’m back in the saddle, so to speak, and semi-organized after a holiday break and vacation the time has come to take a look at where health care is and…
With the Holidays fast approaching and me, heading into a break and a brief vacation, the time is right to recap the current health policy landscape. As the title states, now it seems as if…
Lately I have fielded a growing number of questions regarding various applications/uses of the False Claims Act and Medicare billing inquiries. What is disconcerting about these inquiries is their source; too many from providers or…
Full of turkey and the trimmings and avoiding any retail outlets, Black Friday seems perfect for a quick synopsis of what is happening with health policy. Fortunately, I’ve maintained a good inventory of “stuff” (not…
With all of the election news blaring (thank goodness the end is soon here), some important health policy issues have been somewhat lost in the milieu. Below is a quick summary of what has caught…
A cornerstone of health policy arising from health care reform is the formation of Accountable Care Organizations. The premise is that an organizational structure focused on improving patient care and satisfaction, in a coordinated fashion,…
Tonight marks Round 1 in the three-part series of presidential debates. Why Round 1 is interesting, aside from the political points and positioning each side craves (in his favor) is that this round is supposedly…
As the week concluded (sort of), I’m about half-way back in terms of cutting through the stacks of research and notes that I compiled through August and into early September. While time away from work…
Off the golf course (reluctantly) and back to work. Last week was full of catching up and revisiting issues and reports. As promised before I went temporarily AWOL, here’s Part I of at least two…
Travel last week took me off schedule a tad so this post, normally scheduled for last Friday, didn’t make it on-line until Monday. Below is the list of what I am trending (watching) followed by…
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