Maria Lopez bought a home pregnancy test and confirmed that she was pregnant. After sharing the good news with her husband, she decided to look for an OB/GYN doctor nearby. She heard about the new Health Information Exchange and was happy to find a new...
This is our problem: The cost of health care has spiked higher, but the quality of care is falling. Patients have no effective means of learning the price of care before using it, or of publicly reporting on quality of care in today’s patient-unfriendly health...
Among the many effects of COVID-19 is the reality that millions of people, either by choice or circumstance, put off diagnostic tests and screenings. Saved money at first, but costs are coming....
We can now be certain: The Affordable Care Act will remain the law of the land for the foreseeable future. Any changes will likely be incremental, and will come through Congress, not the courts. On June 16, 2021, in the case known as California v....
Has your company ever received a purchase order or had a client sign a contract without you having first revealing your price, or the rate you charge? Would anyone purchase “widgets” from your company without knowing the unit cost of each, shipping costs, or all...
On April 15, United States Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, with 12 Democrat co-authors, introduced the Choose Medicare Act. Sen. Merkley said this act is about “…legislation that would give every individual who is not already eligible for Medicaid or Medicare the opportunity to enroll in...