by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 20, 2021 | ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, Polarization in America, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
Last Friday’s letter was an attempt to begin to explore the relationships between what we chose to do and how we are compensated. I spent a long time backing into this difficult subject by going all the way back to 1965 and trying to draw some wisdom from my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 16, 2021 | Adaptive Change, Build Back Better, Continuous Improvement, Dr. Marshall Wolf, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, The Triple Aim, transformational change, Universal Access, Waste in healthcare
April 16, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, How We Get Paid Makes A Difference In What We Do Over the years I have probably used one quote from Dr. Robert Ebert in these notes more than any other idea, quote, or concept from any other source. Even if...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 9, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Children in poverty, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Non Zero, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, The Canadian Experiment With UBI, The Stockton Experiment with UBI, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Universal Basic Income
The two big news events over the weekend were the Senate’s passage of the 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus bill by a vote of 50-49 and Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Megan and Harry. There may be more similarity in the two events than immediately meets the eye....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 5, 2021 | ACO, capitation, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, medical home, Primary Care, Primary Care Challenges, Social Determinants of Health, team based care, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
March 5, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, More Thoughts About The Importance of Primary Care Now that Donald Trump is off Twitter and mostly out of sight except for occasional appearances at places like CPAC, I find that I have more time to think...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 16, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Dr. Robert Ebert, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Innovation in Healthcare, medical home, Poverty and healthcare, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, team based care, the centrality of Primary Care, the filibuster, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
If you have avoided these notes for the past few weeks, you may not know that I have been systematically reviewing the recommendations of the Commonwealth Fund’s Task Force On Payment and Delivery System Reform. There are six sections to the report. So far we have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 12, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, ACA, ACO, Adaptive Change, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, capitation, Continuous Improvement, Dean Robert Ebert, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Process Improvement, Six Domains of Quality, Social Determinants of Health, The 1619 Project, The Challenges to Be Met If We to Have Universal Coverage, The President's Trial in The Senate, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement
February 12, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Health System Accountability for Heath Care, Quality, Equity, and Cost It’s been a remarkable week in Washington. One of the benefits of retirement is that every day is Saturday. I have spent most of...
