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 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...
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 | Mar 2, 2021 | Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Financial challenges of primary care., Future of Heathcare, Health in America, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Improving Ambulatory Practice, Inequality, New England Journal of Medicine, patient centered care, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
The latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine was waiting for me in my mailbox yesterday when I dropped by the post office. I was delighted to see that it was the March 4th edition and I was happy to get it on time. The mail comes very irregularly...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | 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...
