Healthcare Musings For June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, What Is Behind the Proposed Kaiser/ Geisinger Deal? You might have heard that Kaiser is buying Geisinger. I have always held both organizations in high regard. While I was leading Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard...
Healthcare Musings For June 9, 2023
June 9, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, We Avoided A Disaster I was virtually holding my breath until President Biden signed the compromise bill that lifted the debt ceiling until January 2025 which puts it after the next presidential election. It is my...
Healthcare Musings For June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” is the motto of France. It speaks to the high ideals of a country that is trying to improve the social determinants of health for everyone. The motto was...
Healthcare Musings For May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal published a column last week in The Washington Post entitled “Denials of health-insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder.” Her article caught my eye because it was reprinted in my...
Healthcare Musings For May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, You Can’t Get There From Here The statement “You can’t get there from here!” was made famous in a brief comedy monologue entitled “Which Way to Millinocket? that was created by the very talented comedy team of...
Healthcare Musings For May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, The Debt Limit Crisis Threatens Rural Healthcare I admit to being a news junky. Some people don’t want to keep up with the news because they say it is so negative. I understand that for them listening to the talking heads...
Healthcare Musings For May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Medicine and the Struggle For the Soul of America One of the members of my Monday morning book group is a woman who is a retired minister and hospital chaplain whose oldest daughter is a physician’s assistant...
Healthcare Musings For April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, The Challenges of Medical Practice in Small Towns and Rural Environments Last weekend my wife and I enjoyed attending my sixtieth high school reunion in South Carolina. The class of 1963 at Dreher High School was...
Healthcare Musings For April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, My First Encounter With Chat GPT: I Welcome the Use of AI in Medicine. When I joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1975 I was well aware of the fact that I was joining an active experiment that was...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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