Turning Things Toward The Triple AIM At HHS

Turning Things Toward The Triple AIM At HHS

by | Mar 16, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Health and Human Services, Medicare For All, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, telehealth, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Xavier Bacerra, Xavier Becerra

  Time flies. It has been almost two months since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were inaugurated. With each passing day, it becomes harder to imagine that we ever elected Donald Trump as prescient. My health has improved. I get more sleep.   During the “Trump...
Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

by | Feb 26, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, 340B, Administrative Burden, Health in America, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Improving the health of the poor, patient centered care, System Consolidation, telehealth, The Triple Aim, Universal Access

  February 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Balance Regulatory and Competitive Approaches to Promoting a High Performing Health System?   This is the sixth and final installment of my review of the report of the Commonwealth Fund’s task force...
Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

by | Jul 28, 2020 | Atrius Health, Build Back Better, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Polarization in America, Public Health, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, telehealth, The 2020 elections, The World After COVID-19

  I was on a socially distanced walk with my seventeen year old granddaughter this week, and we were talking about how quickly and unexpectedly life has changed. She and her parents usually come every summer for a quick visit. They fly into Logan Airport on a...
Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2020

Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2020

by | Jun 12, 2020 | Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Hope, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, telehealth

  June 12, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Hope For Transformational Change   Interesting and surprising things happen in cyberspace. I send these letters to you through a platform called WordPress. I get responses from you in two ways. Some of you just...