The New England Journal of Medicine has a great piece on the arguments of the Partners Effect in the Eastern Massachusetts healthcare and hospital market. It is framed as an explainer as to why Lahey Clinic and Beth-Isreal-Deaconess would want to merge as a matter of public interest instead of internal gains seeking: The system …
Two reminders for future candidates
1) Remember who the current President is and his level of qualification 2) Ladies, if you doubt that you have what it takes to hold elected office, watch these men questioning Sally Yates. It should remove all fear. — Laura Seay (@texasinafrica) May 8, 2017 If you’re thinking of running don’t disqualify yourself by giving …
Yates testimony open thread
Former Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates is due to testify at 2:30 PM EST on many things including what she told the Trump Administration about how the Russians had their hooks in deep (allegedly of course) into their National Security Adviser. Open thread…. Here is the live stream:
Crossing incentives to keep mom out of the hospital
One of the core heuristics in health policy is it is a good to keep people out of the hospital. It is a good as hospitals are expensive. It is a good as hospital admissions are an indicator of declining function and capacity. It is a good as hospitals are a reservoir of germs. It …
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Risk adjustment and cures
My post on how to get million dollar claims had as its last paragraph a digression on the valuation of genetic disease cures that received a lot of attention on Twitter. A reliable genetic cure for Cystic Fibrosis is easily worth $5 million dollars. The first true cures for blindness can be worth a million …
Iowa (and getting it wrong)
I got Iowa wrong. I thought the single twelve million dollar patient would empty out the Iowa on-Exchange to only a single carrier that could then have the ability to jack up rates to the point where it could cover the twelve million dollar claim and conduct normal operations as well. Right now, the market …
To all the ladies who want to control when they have babies
@ReignOfApril @MalcolmNance If you need an IUD, get it NOW. HHS Secretary Price said they'll begin undoing the contraceptive mandate, so an IUD may go from $0 to $1000 — Melo's All Star spot (@ai002h) May 4, 2017 In other healthcare news, President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty. The ACLU is not …
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