Editorials
George Pantos: Technology Aids Businesses in Handling Health Reform

The writer, of Bethesda, Md., is executive director of the Healthcare Performance Management Institute.

 

Government officials have begun releasing many of the details on how employers and health care providers can comply with the federal health reform law’s myriad changes.

 

Confusion has reigned. Hospitals and doctors are flailing about as they try to qualify for bonuses established by the law for meeting certain benchmarks. Employers...


Health care mergers: An emerging crisis

 

 

 

By George Pantos

 

Advocates of the president's health care reform package have expressed alarm over a wave of mergers spurred by the new law.

 

Johns Hopkins Medicine, for instan...


A New Approach to Battling the Bulge

By George J. Pantos

 

A team of Harvard researchers just revealed that nearly half of American adults will be obese within the next few decades.

 

That’s bad ...


Medical Claims Transparency a Must to Lower Health Costs

George Pantos

Insurers recently drew the ire of government officials by announcing that the new healthcare law would force them to raise premiums. "I want health insurance companies to be transparent and honest when increasing premiums," Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) declared.

 


Others have called for hospitals and doctors to be more transparent about their prices, in hopes that patients might be able to shop around and make more informed trea...


A Do-It-Yourself Method for Businesses to Cut Health Costs

George Pantos

August 26, 2010

 

The new federal health reform law has many American businesses baffled. Leaders of companies large and small are struggling to comprehend all the new rules -- while simultaneously trying to figure out how to deal with the ever-increasing cost of health care.


But they need not despair.  There’s a tested way for American firms to take contr...


Health reform rules can prove onerous, but there's a fix

 

 

 

 

 

George Pantos

August 22, 2010

 

The White House just released rules governing "grandfathered" insurance plans. Those who qualify will remain legal ...


New Health Insurance Rules Require a Third Way

 

 

 

George Pantos

September 29, 2010

 

The Obama administration just released its much-antic...


Helping Americans Get Well Soon

 

 

 

 

 

George Pantos

June 14, 2010

 

This month is the second annual National Employee We...


Impediments to Healthcare Competition

 

 

 

 

 

George Pantos

April 6, 2010

 

To the delight -- or disgust -- of many, the Democrats' health reforms are now enshrined in law. Supporters and critics alike de...


I Have A Better Idea Mr. President

 

 

 

 

 

George Pantos

February 25, 2010

 

With his health care overhaul stalled, President Barack Obama has challenged America to come up with alternatives....


Building a High Performance Engine for Healthcare: Why Cloud Computing Architecture Matters

 brightcove.createExperiences();Cloud computing will have an immense impact on the economics of managing health plans in the months and years to come.  Organizations in the public and priva...

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Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:38 PM GMT

A Forum for Iconic Change in Healthcare – Harvard Business School Conference on Health

On Saturday, February 4th, it was my honor to present the closing keynote at the 2012 Harvard Business School Conference on Health .  Nearly 700 business leaders, clinicians, alumni, students, an...
Friday, February 03, 2012 2:10 PM GMT

What’s your health care dream?--Susannah Fox

  #whatifhc in #TheWalkingGallery   Note: This is two posts in one — scroll down to read Regina Holliday’s point of view. From Susannah Fox: For me, Twitter is a free-wheeling sp...
Friday, February 03, 2012 12:27 PM GMT

Health-Care Sector Added 30,900 Jobs Last Month

The gain came amid overall growth of 243,000 jobs last month and a drop in the unemployment rate to 8.3%.
Friday, February 03, 2012 10:55 AM GMT

iPads and health care – health IT managers slow down physicians’ clinical adoption

Doctors are using iPads in huge numbers for personal life project management. 80% of doctors are excited about using them in clinical practice. But when it comes to clinical applications, don’t...
Friday, February 03, 2012 10:01 AM GMT

Healthcare employment growth predicted to skyrocket through 2020

Job growth in the healthcare sector will outpace other sectors through 2020 predicts new statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.BLS’ employment projections find that total em...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:00 AM GMT

A Guide to the Supreme Court's Review of the 2010 Health Care Reform Law

This brief examines the pending Supreme Court case challenging the 2010 Affordable Care Act, including the key constitutional questions issues and the parties' legal arguments.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:26 PM GMT

Gabby Giffords Is the Reality Star of US Healthcare [posted on MCOLblog.com]

I’m told that one should not mix stories in a blog, but, as a serial disruptor, I’m about to do just that.  I’m inspired by Representative Giffords and see her story as a frame for some ideas ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:00 PM GMT

Health 2.0 News launches

By Matthew Holt Today I'm very excited to tell you that Health 2.0 News is...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:39 PM GMT

A Smarter Planet — The Social Traffic Conundrum: An IBM vPanel...

The Social Traffic Conundrum: An IBM vPanel Interactive Dialogue Date: Wednesday, September 22, 4pm ET Location: The IBM New Intelligence Video Studio, http://www.livestream.com/newintelligence Descri...
Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 PM GMT

Does Obamacare Limit Profits for Health Insurance Companies in Your State?

By Jason Shafrin One of the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a ACA, a.k.a. Health Reform, a.k.a. Obamacare) is that it limits the profits of health insurance companies...
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