by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 10, 2017 | ACO, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Medicaid Reform, Quadruple Aim, Repeal and Replace, The Triple Aim
I am proud to be a member of Whittier Street Health Centers Foundation Board and was delighted when our very able CEO, Frederica Williams, recently asked me to talk to the organization about ACOs at their Grand Rounds. Whittier Street is an exceptional example of a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 3, 2017 | Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Lean, Presidential Politics, Quadruple Aim, Repeal and Replace
Are you wondering what you and your practice or hospital should be doing while living in the ambiguity of “repeal and replace?” Focus on getting better. That is the short answer. With or without the ACA the challenge to create Care better than we’ve seen, health...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 27, 2016 | ACA, Clinician Action Network, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, National Physicians Alliance, Presidential Politics, Quadruple Aim, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
I was not at all surprised to read the AMA’s strong statement of support for the appointment of Representative Tom Price to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. I was also not surprised to read articles of outrage from more progressive physicians about the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 20, 2016 | Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Presidential Politics, Quadruple Aim, Reform, Repeal and Replace, Strategy
Dan Burns, is a former colleague who served on the Harvard Vanguard and Atrius boards with me, my dermatologist, and the person who became CEO of Harvard Vanguard after I retired three years ago. I most recently saw Dan, and we had a brief conversation during a visit...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 13, 2016 | ACA, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Population Health Management, Sustainability, The Triple Aim
Since the early nineties nothing has challenged physicians grounded in the traditional culture and practice of medicine more than the introduction of the “radical” concept of population health. One could argue that the Affordable Care Act is the legislative expression...