Good Health and 60% of the CEOs of America's "Great Health Systems" Have No Educational Background in Health Care. Elvonda

We have noted that US health care has been taken over by generic managers .  A recent article about the CEOs of purportedly some of America&...

Good Health and Entresto: Blockbuster, or Just Over Hyped? - Whatever, It Will Cost $4500 a Year. Elvonda

The newest drug for congestive heart failure, Entresto, a fixed combination of valsartan and sacubitril, has just hit the market at an eleva...

Good Health and Health Care Cost Inflation Returns. Elvonda

True, that.... Call it the return to the old normal. With the slow recovery of the U.S. economy, the advent of some blockbuster drugs and th...

Good Health and Benefits of the WiiFit on Motor Performance in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Elvonda

The  Journal of Physical Therapy Science  published research on the effect of training with Nintendo Wii Fit games on motor performance in 4...

Good Health and What They Really Think of Us, UK Version - Health Secretary Derides NHS Doctors for Not Working Enough on Weekends. Elvonda

A new story from the UK suggests what top leaders of health care really think about health care professionals.  I realize that I risk showin...

Good Health and A Primer on Population Health. Elvonda

If you need to help a colleague who is clueless about cost-saving potential  of  population health , the Population Health Blog recommends y...

Good Health and Are Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) Important to ACO Success? Payment Arrangements Say Otherwise. Elvonda

Long ago, the Population Health Blog learned that when it comes to health insurance, capitation or bundled payments brakes , while fee-for s...

Good Health and Turn, Turn, Turn - from Columbia/ HCA Executive, to Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to America's Healt Insurance Plans (AHIP). Elvonda

Marilyn Tavenner's career continues to revolve, er, evolve. Columbia/ HCA Marilyn Tavenner worked for Columbia / HCA, now HCA, although ...

Good Health and The Latest Health Wonk Review is Up!. Elvonda

Hank Stern of the InsureBlog has posted the latest version of the Health Wonk Review.  Titled Hot Summer Nights, Cool Summer Drinks , this ...

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