Monthly Archives: July 2011

Reform with Revenue: Unfunded Promises go Unfinished

Accountable Care Organizations, Value Based Purchasing, and Healthcare Exchanges – we are adrift in healthcare reform plans and strategies concurrent with a looming debt ceiling debacle.  Amid the rhetoric, pundits, and industry leaders engaged in reform discourse, the cost of … Continue reading

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John, Walt, Gene — Where are you today?

Space is the final frontier and when you wish upon a star; all your dreams really do come true.
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Workplace Rape

Does the following scenario resonate with you? Your telephone rings and the CFO are on the line.  He is reviewing a demand analysis that you have been working on for a new technology acquisition.  The first statement after you say … Continue reading

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Medicaid: Deal with it!

The winds of change began blowing early in the year as several governorships changed, state budgets were pushed to unprecedented limits, and the pace of recession recovery – specifically employment and corresponding health benefits.  Six months later, there is ample … Continue reading

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Physician Integration – The Meaning Behind the Words

Sound bite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn, we meet hyperbole.  The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need of control than the economic variety.”    (Trevor Nunn, b. 1940, in Evening Standard, 3 June … Continue reading

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