Turning Things Toward The Triple AIM At HHS

Turning Things Toward The Triple AIM At HHS

  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...
We Need to Treat the Transformation of Primary Care Organization and Finance As An Urgent Need

We Need to Treat the Transformation of Primary Care Organization and Finance As An Urgent Need

  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...
How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

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...
Healthcare Musings For February 12, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 12, 2021

  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...
Does Tom Brady Have Something To Teach Us?

Does Tom Brady Have Something To Teach Us?

  By 6:30 on Sunday evening, I was filled to overflowing with Super Bowl hype. How many times can you hear the “G.O.A.T.” versus the “best of these times” line before you are ready to throw something at the television? The only recurrent line that has drawn more...