by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 15, 2023 | A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Clay Christensen, Continuous Improvement, Creative Destruction, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Disruptive Innovation, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Joseph Schumpeter, Ken Paulus, Moral Injury, Social Determinants of Health, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, utopias
December 15, 2023Â Dear Interested Readers, Utopian Ideas Versus The Status Quo In Healthcare Less than twenty miles north up Interstate 89 from my home is the Enfield Shaker Museum. I have visited the enclave by Lake Mascoma with its magnificent main...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 8, 2023 | A story from my life, ACA, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Dying Broke, Dylan Scott, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Health in America, Ken Paulus, Life Expectancy in America, Saving Democracy, Social Determinants of Health, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, Trump's campaign statements, war in Ukraine
December 8, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Random Thoughts In Response To Our Collective Angst Things could get much worse, but the question in my mind is whether or not they will get better. Before launching into my complaints and concerns, I should own...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 1, 2023 | A personal history, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Dr. Robin Atlas, Fee for service payment, Glenn Hackbarth, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Pilgrim Health Care, Roanne Weisman
December 1, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Something New For You To Check Out If you are reading this letter on a computer, look to the right side of the page and click on “References.” If you are reading the letter on a cell phone, scroll down to the end...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 1, 2023 | A personal history, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Dr. Robin Atlas, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Glenn Hackbarth, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Pilgrim Health Care, Roanne Weisman
December 1, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Something New For You To Check Out If you are reading this letter on a computer, look to the right side of the page and click on “References.” If you are reading the letter on a cell phone, scroll down to the end...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 24, 2023 | A personal history, Cass Sunstein, Dr. Marc Bard, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Healthcare Mergers, Illiberalism, Liberal Values, Liberalism, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, Physician Council of HCHP, RVUs, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
November 24, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Some Thoughts Before Continuing My Story I began the slow crawl through the memories from my professional life in the letter that I wrote to you on July 21. Eighteen weeks later I am only up to 1995, and I am...
