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July 19, 2012

There is a great deal of promise in the concept of accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes and other value-based mechanisms for delivering healthcare.  Ensuring, though, that they can consistently … Continued

July 18, 2012

Dr. Delos M. “Toby” Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic and a Healthcare Leadership Council member, will be speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  this Friday, with … Continued

July 11, 2012

There was a very interesting segment this week on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.  Weight Watchers President and CEO David Kirchhoff (above, at left), a Healthcare Leadership Council member, joined retired … Continued

July 10, 2012

I don’t plan to use this space to either review or promote prime time television programming, but I’ll make an exception today. An eight-week documentary series begins tonight on ABC … Continued

July 10, 2012

Governor Rick Perry’s announcement that Texas will not participate in the coming expansion of the Medicaid program – a decision made possible by last month’s Supreme Court decision forbidding the … Continued

June 28, 2012

The Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  We applaud the fact that mechanisms remain in place to bring millions of uninsured Americans into the … Continued

June 26, 2012

I don’t want to minimize the importance of Thursday’s forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on health reform.  There is a great deal at stake.  Particularly if the Court declares the … Continued

June 15, 2012

I’ve always believed there is a great deal of truth to the axiom that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  More specifically, though, it’s certainly true that a full … Continued

June 8, 2012

The U.S. House of Representatives did the right thing yesterday in voting to repeal the excise tax on medical devices that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care … Continued

May 29, 2012

Does fact-checking even matter in today’s throw-anything-at-the-wall political environment? In 2011, the PolitiFact blog, which measures political assertions and advertising against reality, gave its “Lie of the Year” award, if … Continued