Archive for August, 2009

Note to President Obama: Read this

health care reform, health insurance No Comments »

I don’t always understand how Congressional politics work, but Eugene Robinson does. This is the first time I’ve felt hopeful about health care insurance reform in several days. http://tinyurl.com/p6sp78

Never-event policy revisited

Health care quality, Hospitals, Medicare No Comments »

Medicare’s never-event policy was a good way of announcing CMS’ intent to pay for value, but the more scrutiny it gets, the more difficult it is to believe this is the best way to proceed.

Check out Bob Wachter’s take on the matter.