http://www.modernhealthcare.com Latest News from Modern Healthcare - Editorials en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/?utm_source=tagid-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagid-rss http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189988/scandal-outbreak http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189988/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST 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. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189988 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119987/the-value-in-price-transparency http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119987/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 11 May 2013 00:01:00 EST The controversy surrounding hospital pricing resurfaced last week after the CMS released hospital charges and payments for the top 100 diagnosis-related groups. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119987 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130504/MAGAZINE/305049988/not-big-on-rules http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130504/MAGAZINE/305049988/AR/0/John-Thomas.jpg Sat, 4 May 2013 00:01:00 EST 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. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130504/MAGAZINE/305049988 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130427/MAGAZINE/304279990/pcori-in-the-hot-seat http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130427/MAGAZINE/304279990/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST Comparative effectiveness research -- learning what works best in medicine -- is a great idea whose time has come. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130427/MAGAZINE/304279990 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130427/MAGAZINE/304279968/other-voices Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST "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... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130427/MAGAZINE/304279968 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130420/MAGAZINE/304209990/mass-casualty-preparedness http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130420/MAGAZINE/304209990/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST 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. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130420/MAGAZINE/304209990 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130413/MAGAZINE/304139982/dissecting-the-presidents-budget http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130413/MAGAZINE/304139982/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST 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. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130413/MAGAZINE/304139982 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130406/MAGAZINE/304069982/size-matters http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130406/MAGAZINE/304069982/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 6 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST A study that appeared last week documented a decade-long rise in 30-day mortality rates at critical-access hospitals, most of which are rural with fewer than 25 beds. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130406/MAGAZINE/304069982 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130330/MAGAZINE/303309993/behind-those-rising-rates http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130330/MAGAZINE/303309993/AR/0/AR-303309993.jpg Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST A new study predicts that people who already buy their own health insurance plans will face huge premium hikes when the exchanges created by the reform law open for business later this year. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130330/MAGAZINE/303309993 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130323/MAGAZINE/303239988/the-affordable-care-act-at-age-3 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130323/MAGAZINE/303239988/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST The Obama administration can justifiably look back with pride at year three of its signature healthcare reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130323/MAGAZINE/303239988 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130323/MAGAZINE/303239965/other-voices Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST "After three years in which the Democratic majority in the Senate failed to produce a budget, it was refreshing to have them offer up any budget at all. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130323/MAGAZINE/303239965 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130316/MAGAZINE/303169988/share-risk-not-roles http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130316/MAGAZINE/303169988/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST Total healthcare costs have remained in check for three straight years, and the sector's share of the overall economy hasn't budged since 2009. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130316/MAGAZINE/303169988 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130316/MAGAZINE/303169965/other-voices-ryans-budget-rides-on-retreads Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST "There's nothing wrong with President Barack Obama speed-dating members of Congress. Meeting face to face over food and wine, as Obama has recently done with several groups of lawmakers from both parties, may ease the demonizing politics of... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130316/MAGAZINE/303169965 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130309/MAGAZINE/303099988/heads-in-the-cloud http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130309/MAGAZINE/303099988/AR/0/Merrill-Goozner.jpg Sat, 9 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST Though the U.S. has already spent more than half the $22.5 billion earmarked for computerizing medical records, there has been achingly slow progress in creating an accessible, interoperable system that works for patients. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130309/MAGAZINE/303099988 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130302/MAGAZINE/303029965/other-voices Sat, 2 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST "It is not a white flag of surrender," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said.This was technically true: He did not wave a banner ... when he announced ... that he wants Florida to expand Medicaid, a key piece of Obamacare. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130302/MAGAZINE/303029965