by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 21, 2017 | ACA, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Politics, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate
Tom Price is now in place at his new office at HHS. One of Dr. Price’s first actions was to release a YouTube video that promises us a lot but does not say anything specific about what he plans to do. Seema Verma has been working her way toward Senate confirmation as...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 14, 2017 | Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Improving the health of the poor, Population Health Management, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
In the January 29th New England Journal of Medicine Foller, et. al. published an interesting article, “Population Health–A Bipartisan Agenda for the Incoming Administration from State Leaders.” The first paragraph said a lot. The common goal of health...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 24, 2017 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate
A few weeks ago those of us who had experienced a few moments of unfounded hope based on positive comments that President Trump had made about the ACA had our hopes dashed when he announced that Representative Dr. Tom Price of the 6th Congressional District of Georgia...
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...