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A make-or-break year for health IT | With ICD-10 looming in 2014, CIOs face tough decisions in deploying resources
By Merrill Goozner | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Information technology officers and their CEOs will be forced to make some tough choices in the months ahead. On a battlefield, it is called triage.
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Just the beginning | Growing demand for insurance could lead to transparency, competition
By Merrill Goozner | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The rollout of the health insurance exchanges last week revealed a reality never mentioned by the Republicans on Capitol Hill who shut down the U.S. government.
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Those damaging sequestration cuts | Continuing resolution's short-term savings will result in long-term costs
By Merrill Goozner | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Congress' across-the-board sequestration cuts may deliver short-term savings, but at the expense of the long-term investment needed to generate even greater savings down the road.
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Obamacare's positive economic news | Improved insurance coverage may be just the boost the economy needs
By Merrill Goozner | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The never-ending and ill-informed debate in Washington over defunding Obamacare has almost entirely drowned out public understanding of the law's positive impact on the economy.
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Curing the cancer crisis | Remedies needed: Better palliative care, patient-centered approach
By Merrill Goozner | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Last week, the IOM declared a crisis in the system for delivering care to the more than 1.6 million who contract cancer and the 500,000 people who die each year from the disease.
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Nudging Medicaid | Charging beneficiaries can work—but only if the copays are well-designed
By Merrill Goozner | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Should people newly eligible for Medicaid be treated differently from people getting coverage on the exchanges or, for that matter, from those who get coverage through their employers?
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Medicaid expansion's tax implications | Opponents should consider fairest way to pay for healthcare
By Merrill Goozner | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
This Labor Day, let us reflect on the trials of the millions of our fellow Americans who struggle to make ends meet in part-time and near-minimum wage jobs that do not provide health insurance.
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The IPAB punching bag | New Mass. cost-control panel could provide ammunition for its defenders
By Merrill Goozner | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Amid all the anger aimed at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, no aspect of that wide-ranging statute has drawn more ire than the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
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Readmissions penalties at work | Effort pushed most hospitals to reduce or eliminate penalties in second year
By Merrill Goozner | August 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
There was plenty of good news in the second-year results from the CMS' 30-day hospital readmissions penalty program, which was largely overlooked by the press.
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The healthcare spending slowdown | Don't underestimate the role of government in enforcing change
By Merrill Goozner | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Taken together, the ACA delivery system reforms have significantly shifted the national discussion among healthcare leaders. They are now universally focused on improving quality while lowering costs.
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