By Merrill Goozner | June 08, 2013
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It took the U.S. 8½ years to land a man on the moon but it will take more than a dozen years to accomplish the task of being able to electronically trace fake or tainted drugs back to their source. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | June 01, 2013
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One of the most frequently trumpeted “truths” in healthcare policy research is that the system is larded with waste, perhaps as much as 30% of all spending. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | May 25, 2013
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It didn't take long for the IRS scandal to metastasize. Last week, the mid-level bureaucrat at the center of the mushrooming affair invoked her constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | May 18, 2013
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Washington is again in the grip of scandal fever with the Benghazi e-mails, the IRS targeting of conservative groups, and allegations that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shook down healthcare firms. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | May 11, 2013
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The controversy surrounding hospital pricing resurfaced last week after the CMS released hospital charges and payments for the top 100 diagnosis-related groups. FULL STORY »
Like many surgeons, my father is not big on rules. He sees surgery being as much a dance as a science, and, does not appreciate when non-physician bureaucrats weigh in on what he does. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | April 27, 2013
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“During the big healthcare fight, conservatives told older Americans that Obamacare was grabbing money from their Medicare and giving it to young people. Now they tell young workers that Medicare and Social Security are draining their take-home pay to support retirees sitting around the... FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | April 20, 2013
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Once again, a senseless act of violence has upended any notion that the war on terror will someday end and a sense of normalcy will return to national life. FULL STORY »
By Merrill Goozner | April 13, 2013
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From a healthcare perspective, the release of President Barack Obama's budget last week was extremely disturbing—and not because of the new cuts it would impose on healthcare providers. FULL STORY »
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