Though Congress is on recess, health care policy was very embedded in conversation, with the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) officials making their rounds at speaking engagements. Through the speeches…
Further Evidence that Part D is Working
New data shows that seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D will pay about $30 in monthly premiums in 2012, 76 cents less than they do now and about 44 percent lower than originally…
What Happened to the Crack-berry?
This amazing letter was written to RIM leadership by a ranking exec about the woes of their flagship product line, which you know and love as BlackBerry. It’s not often that a company*…
A Way Out of the Healthcare Cost Explosion? Look North
According to a study by the University of Toronto in Health Affairs, US health care spending could be cut by billions a year if doctors spent the same amount of time and…
Hey Star Czars: Look Here
McKnight’s Long Term Care News is reporting that results released from two separate studies show that seniors who receive transitional care following a hospital discharge are far less likely to return to…
Medicaid Came This Close to Deep Cuts in the Debt Battle
Keeping Medicaid from automatic cuts was a priority of the Obama administration in the final, ugly days of the debt ceiling fight. It was the one major concession the President and the…
Debt “Deal”: Not As Bad for Medicare as Expected, Medicaid Spared
So we have a deal on the debt ceiling. The President is now authorized to raise the debt ceiling by at least $2.1 Trillion. The roughly $2.5 Trillion in cuts over 10 years represents 5%…
