Posted on January 31, 2010 by Editors
A New Study Says – Apparently Not By ME-P Staff Reporters Per capita Medicare spending is more than twice as high in New York City and Miami than in places like Salem, Oregon. How much of these differences can be explained by Medicare’s paying more to compensate for the higher cost of goods and services [...]
Filed under: Health Economics, Healthcare Finance | Tagged: Daniel J. Gottlieb, Hospital Referral Regions, Jonathan S. Skinner and Jason M. Sutherland, Kathryn Gilman Andrews, medicare, Weiping Zhou, www.HealthAfairs.org, Yunjie Song | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 30, 2010 by Editors
Make your Voice Heard By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA [Managing Editor] The Medical Executive-Post is a growing and influential media voice with over 150,000 readers, and followers. Out Reach Efforts You can reach this influential audience by submitting a guest opinion piece on anything related to non-clinical health care. Newspaper reporters and editors read the [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by Editors
Broad Consensus Seems Impossible for Medical Professionals – and Everyman By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] While an undergraduate student at Loyola University in Maryland, I learned from my Jesuit teachers and philosophers that a couple of centuries ago, the decider of all matters of importance in Jerusalem was the Great Sanhedrin, or [...]
Filed under: "Ask-an-Advisor", Career Development, Financial Planning, Funding Basics, Healh Law & Policy, Health Economics, Investing, Op-Editorials, Retirement and Benefits | Tagged: Great Sanhedrin, Loyola, Marcinko, obama, physician net worth, social mobility, State of the Union | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 28, 2010 by Editors
What it is – How it works By Staff Reporters Cisco HealthPresence is a new concept developed by the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) and prototyped at the Cisco Technology Centre. Cisco HealthPresence is based on market-ready Advanced Technologies. It is led by Dr. T. Warner Hudson. A Multi-Media Platform Using the network as a platform, Cisco [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, Information Technology, Research & Development | Tagged: Cisco, HealthPresence, T. Warner Hudson | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2010 by Editors
About Ambulatory Gadgets in Medicine By Chris Thorman Chris@softwareadvice.com Hello Dr. Marcinko and all Medical Executive-Post readers. I hope you’re doing well. The Big-Breaking News from Apple You’ve probably heard the news that Apple is set to release a new tablet PC today. That got us thinking here at Medical Software Advice about whether or not [...]
Filed under: "Ask-an-Advisor", "Doctors Only", Breaking News, Information Technology, Voting Polls | Tagged: Apple, Apple Tablet PC, chris thorman, computers, HIT | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 26, 2010 by Editors
Haiti Tax Deduction Passed By Staff Reporters On January 20, 2010, the House passed H.R. 4462. This bill permits Haiti relief gifts from January 12 to February 28 of 2010 to be deducted on 2009 tax returns. Following the House passage on the unanimous voice vote, the Senate acted quickly on January 21, 2010 to pass [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by Editors
The High Deductible Insurance Competition Heats Up By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA [Editor-in-Chief] As ME-P readers are aware, I’ve had a High Deductible Healthcare Plan [HDHP] coupled with a Health Savings Account [HSA] for my family, and consulting firm, for more than a decade. We’ve been very pleased with it thus far. No significant health [...]
Filed under: Health Economics, Health Insurance, Op-Editorials, Retirement and Benefits | Tagged: banks, Dr. Marcinko, eHealthInsurance, Gary Matalucci, HDHCP, HDHP, HSA, HSA Bank, JPMorgan Chase, MSA, OptumHealth Bank, PPO, Sovereign Bank, The Bancorp Bank, Wells Fargo Bank | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 24, 2010 by Editors
Understanding Strategic Expenditures By Calvin W. Wiese; MBA, CMA, CPA www.HealthcareFinancials.com Some of the most important strategic decisions hospital executives make are related to capital expenditures. Almost every hospital has capital investment opportunities that are far in excess of their capital capacity. Capital investments are bets on the future. How these capital bets are placed has long-lasting [...]
Filed under: Career Development, Funding Basics, Health Economics, Subscribe CD-ROM Journal | Tagged: Calvin Wiese, capital investments, hospital, hospital capital formation, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 23, 2010 by Editors
Part 1 By Alberto Borges; MD Link: http://www.hcplive.com/primary-care/articles/HITECH_unconstitutional Dr. Borges is a ME-P thought-leader in private practice. He is an associate clinical professor of medicine at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Assessment Check out his website at http://msofficeemrproject.com Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Then, be sure [...]
Filed under: Career Development, Information Technology, Op-Editorials | Tagged: Alberto Borges, ARRA, Borges, EHRs, EMRs, HIT, HITECH, IT | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 22, 2010 by Editors
No More Hiding Places By D. Kellus Pruitt; DDS Today, Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post posted “New Obama Orders on Transparency, FOIA Requests.” http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/01/_in_a_move_that.html O’Keefe writes: “In a move that pleased good government groups and some journalists, President Obama issued new orders today designed to improve the federal government’s openness and transparency. The first [...]
Filed under: "Doctors Only", Healh Law & Policy, Op-Editorials, Pruitt's Platform | Tagged: ADA, American Dental Association, Darrell Pruitt, DDS, DMD, Ed O'Keefe, FOIA, IDM, obama, Ron Tankersley, Washington Post | 22 Comments »
Posted on January 21, 2010 by Editors
About the “Safety Pays” Program By Staff Reporters A financial cost analysis can be performed by anyone using the OSHA software program, Safety Pays. This software can be found and downloaded at no cost by accessing the website: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/searchresults.category?p_text=safety%20pays&p_title=&p_status=CURRENT A Free Software Program The program was developed to assist employers in assessing the impact of [...]
Filed under: Health Economics, Healthcare Finance, Quality Initiatives | Tagged: clinic, EHO, hospital, OSHA, Safety Pays | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 20, 2010 by Editors
The Sott Brown Opinion Poll By Staff Writers In what some pundits are calling the “Boston Massacre” in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the US Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Insurance, Surveys and Voting, Voting Polls | Tagged: AMA, Edward Kennedy, FA, financial advisor, healthcare reform, obama, public option, Scott Brown, Ted Kennedy | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 19, 2010 by Editors
Impending Health 2.0 Media Launch Eagerly Anticipated By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA [Publisher-in-Chief] Recently, I caught up with Dave Pritchard [Director of Corporate Recruiting] for a conversation about StatCom and its’ impending new-media Health 2.0 launch for core hospital products. The telephone call followed two recently featured publications that have been well received by ME-P readers and those [...]
Filed under: Alerts Sign-Up, Information Technology, Marketing & Advertising, Media Mentions and PR, Op-Editorials, Quality Initiatives, Research & Development, Videos | Tagged: Center for Health Care Transformation, CHCT, david marcinko, David Pritchard, health 2.0, Jackson Healthcare, Newt Gingrich, Statcom | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2010 by Editors
More on the Hatian Military Sealift Command Operations By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA [Publisher-in-Chief] According to www.USNavySeals.org, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship Comfort just sailed from its pier home-port in Baltimore Maryland and is now on its way to Haiti to assist in relief operations. On board are 550 doctors, nurses, technicians and support [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, Ethics, Military Medicine | Tagged: Haiti, Military Sealift Command, US Comfort, USNavySeals.org | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 17, 2010 by Editors
Consider this Proposed 28th Amendment Submitted by Cecelia T. Perez; RN Author Unknown For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens have no idea that Congress members can retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn’t pay into Social Security, and that they specifically exempted [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Economics, Health Insurance, Healthcare Finance, Op-Editorials | Tagged: congress, healthcare reform, public option, social security, US Constitution | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 16, 2010 by Editors
The Catastrophe in Port-au-Prince By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA [Publisher-in-Chief] The ME-P is attempting to assist those in need in Haiti. So, if you are a healthcare professional interested in volunteering, please send an email to volunteer@pih.org with information on your credentials, language capabilities (Haitian Creole or French desired), availability and contact information; etc. [...]
Filed under: "Doctors Only", Breaking News, Media Mentions and PR, Op-Editorials | Tagged: Haiti | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 15, 2010 by Editors
Not so Fast – Old Man By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS – el Viejo Here’s something interesting I found on Courthouse News.com about Germany’s mandatory retirement age for dentists. “EU Court OK’s Age Limits for Firefighters, Dentists” (no byline). http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/01/14/European_Courts.htm European Court of Justice “The European Court of Justice released a ruling reconciling a ban [...]
Filed under: Career Development, Health Economics, Pruitt's Platform | Tagged: ADA, Darrell Pruitt, DDS, EU, European Union, Gordon Christensen DDS | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 14, 2010 by Editors
Views Differ on this Important Concept By Calvin W. Wiese; CPA, CMA, MBA www.HealthcareFinancials.com An important component of hospital financial analysis is essentiality. Hospitals are unusual businesses that many times possess some form of essentiality to their communities. Healthcare is important to the economic vitality of every community. Many hospitals have served their communities for [...]
Filed under: CMP Program, Health Economics, Healthcare Finance, Research & Development | Tagged: Calvin Wiese, hospitals, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 13, 2010 by Editors
Let ONC and CMS Explain By Staff Reporters On December 30, 2009, CMS and ONC issued proposed regulations on the definition of meaningful use and the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology. According to the DDHS Health information technology (health IT) allows comprehensive management of medical information and its [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Information Technology, Quality Initiatives | Tagged: CMS, DHHS, EHRs, EMRs, health information technology, HIT, meaningful use, obama, ONC, www.HealthDictionaySeries.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 12, 2010 by Editors
An ME-P TV First By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] Recently, we caught up with Houston Neal – of Software Advice – who thought our ME-P readers would like to see their new podcast on eHR stimulus funds. In-as-much as they are still hearing from doctors who want to know how to take advantage of the [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Economics, Information Technology, Videos | Tagged: EHRs, Electronic Health Record Association, EMRs, Greenway Medical Technologies, HI-TECH, HIMSS, Houston Neal, Justin Barnes, stimulus package, www.SoftwareAdvice.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 11, 2010 by Editors
Understanding Concepts and Terms By Dr. Richard J. Mata; MIS www.HealthcareFinancials.com Firewalls are devices or systems that control the flow of health information network traffic between networks or between a host and a network. A firewall acts as a protective barrier because it is the single point through which communications pass. Internal information that is [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Information Technology, Subscribe CD-ROM Journal | Tagged: bots, HIT, IT, Richard Mata, security firewalls, trojans, viruses | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 10, 2010 by Editors
[Mis] Adventures in Cardiology Reposted by Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive Director] According to the author of this re-posted e-journal, Johns Hopkins Medicine has a long tradition of prioritizing patients, and striving for the bottom rung that are the anonymous poor. And, many agree this is true. In fact, our Publisher-in-Chief grew up in Baltimore [...]
Filed under: Book Reviews, Industry Indignation Index, Quality Initiatives, Risk Management | Tagged: Baltimore, cardiology, ER, IOM report, Johns Hopkins, medical quality, Robert Wachter, US News | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Editors
Or … What’s in a Formal Name? By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] Some ME-P readers have already noted our new moniker so it seems appropriate to formally announce our new name … domain name that is. The Complete Migration We’ve migrated from the rather unwieldy www.HealthcareFinancials.wordpress.com extension to the more facile and relevant www.MedicalExecutivePost.com [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, MAST-HEAD, Quality Initiatives, Subscribe CD-ROM Journal | Tagged: Medical Exeutive Post, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2010 by Editors
Fundamentals of Software Implementation By David J. Piasecki; CPIM By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA www.HealthcareFinancials.com The singular focus of any Hospital Materials Management Information System (HMMIS) is to deliver significant improvements in the ability of hospital facilities, networks, and other healthcare organizations to optimize the processes and work flows [...]
Filed under: Information Technology | Tagged: david marcinko, David Piasecki, DME, durable medical equipment, ERP, HIT, HMMIS, hope hetico, IT, SCM, supply chain management, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 7, 2010 by Editors
Fundamentals of Inventory Software Selection By David J. Piasecki; CPIM By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA www.HealthcareFinancials.com The singular focus of any Hospital Materials Management Information System (HMMIS) is to deliver significant improvements in the ability of hospital facilities, networks, and other healthcare organizations to optimize the processes and [...]
Filed under: Information Technology, Subscribe CD-ROM Journal | Tagged: CCHIT, david marcinko, David Piasecki, DME, ERP, HIT, HMMIS, hope hetico, Inventory Software, SCM, supply chain management, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 6, 2010 by Editors
And Textbook Contributor, Too! By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive Director] Shahid N. Shah is an internationally recognized healthcare thought-leader across the Internet. He is a consultant to various federal agencies on technology matters and winner of Federal Computer Week’s coveted “Fed 100″ Award, in 2009. Professional Career Over a twenty year career, Shahid built [...]
Filed under: Book Reviews, Experts Invited, Information Technology | Tagged: Business of Medical Practice, Cardinal Health, Computer Week, health information technology, HIMSS, HIT, Microsoft MVP, NIH, Red Cross, Shahid Shah | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 6, 2010 by Editors
Interesting Articles of Yore By Darrell K. Pruitt: DDS I’ve posted hundreds of articles on the Medical Executive-Post over the last year, and it always surprises me when something I long ago forgot rises to the top of their popularity scale. The Run-Down Earlier today, a comment I posted on March 30 titled “Usual and [...]
Filed under: Contest Entrance, Op-Editorials, Pruitt's Platform | Tagged: Darrell Pruit, DDS, delta dental, GM, medical executive post, United Healthcare | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2010 by Editors
Trusting and Testing Fundamental Research By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] It is not unreasonable to doubt the research of some security analysts; as evidenced by Wall Street’s recent implosion. And so, trust but verify with your on research is always a good idea for the physician or lay investor. 25 Questions to [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, iMBA, Inc., Investing, Portfolio Management, Subscribe CD-ROM Journal | Tagged: cyclical stock, david marcinko, debt to equity ratio, fundamental equity analysis, fundamental stock analysis, growth stock, PE ratio, price to cash flow ratio, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 4, 2010 by Editors
Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program By Patricia Trites; MPA, CHBC, CPC www.HealthcareFinancials.com The Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) were created to coordinate information with the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Currently, health plans, health maintenance organizations, and federal and state agencies are required to report final adverse actions taken against healthcare [...]
Filed under: Ethics, Quality Initiatives, Research & Development, Subscribe CD-ROM Journal | Tagged: david marcinko, DHHS, FTC, healthcare abuse, healthcare fraud, Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program, NPDB National Practitioner Data Bank, Patricia Trites, www.healthcarefinancials.com | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 3, 2010 by Editors
Secure e-mail Delivery with a Widget for your Website By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] If you haven’t had a chance to sign up for the Medical Executive-Post yet, you really should. You’ll get a helpful daily email reminder when breaking news occurs, or when important posts go up on the site. Plus; recently added new features [...]
Filed under: iMBA, Inc., Marketing & Advertising, Sponsors | Tagged: david marcinko, Health Economics, Healthcare Finance, healthcare reform, medical executive post, obama | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 2, 2010 by Editors
What it is – How it works [beta] By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive Director] What is ME-P TV? The emergence of Internet video is creating new opportunities to provide richer, more effective information on our core subject areas and more than 50 related topical channels. Internet video gives anyone the ability to create a [...]
Filed under: Career Development, Sponsors, Videos | Tagged: file sharing, syndication, video, video sharing | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 1, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT Events-Planner: JANUARY 2010 Staff Writers “Keeping track of important health economics and financial industry meetings, conferences and summits” Welcome to this issue of the Medical Executive-Post and our Events-Planner. It contains the latest information on conferences, news, and relevant resources in healthcare finance, economics, research and development, business management, pharmaceutical pricing, and physician/entity reimbursement! [...]
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