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Behind the Curtain

CNN: Thanks

Many humble thanks to Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Medical Correspondent. In the latest edition of her Empowered Patient segment, she was kind enough to include us in the article on “6 Ways to Save Money on Drugs and Doctors.” And we’re slated to be included in the  “House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” at 830 a.m. [...]

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We are sooooooo excited!

The proof of our book is in and people have already started to latch onto the free downloadable PDF version at My Healthcare Is Killing Me.
Seems like we might have struck a bit of a nerve.
Thanks so much to Bob Coffield for the shout out on the book. Can’t wait to catch up with him [...]

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The Irrational World of Healthcare Billing

Saw this post on the DailyKos that just so perfectly illustrates the state of our healthcare system.
Jollygreen does a great job of breaking down his costs and pointing out how the hospitals have increased their chargemasters in an effort to drive up their reimbursement. To top it off, the hospitals are pushing through as many [...]

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Our Rates Went Down! No, Up! But Not by Much!!!!

So I just got an e-mail from our insurance company about our health insurance. I just HAD to share it with everyone. Bless their hearts, it takes s o little to get insurance folks excited, like when your premium goes up only a little bit. So here it is…
Robert, it is not often that [...]

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Healthcare – Potentially the Next Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis?

Kudos to the Nashville Business Journal Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer for her insightful comments on many issues surrounding healthcare at the recent Nashville Healthcare Council gathering.
The attention grabbing headline of her corresponding article about the potential for healthcare to be the next sub-prime mortgage crisis rings true though I’m not sure it can [...]

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Transparency, Accountability, and Competition… not necessarily in that order.

Once again I had the privilege this morning to hear Sen. Bill Frist speak, this time at a breakfast held at Lipscomb University.  Though last time the topic was highly focus, today the slate was clear and anything to do with health care was on the table.  Although our time was limited, Frist managed to [...]

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change:healthcare meets up with Cover America

The best thing about this job is that we get to meet some really great people. Today we met some outstanding folks who are going to make a difference.
Cover America made a stop right here in Nashville today and a few of the change:healthcare team had a chance to catch up with them. The cross [...]

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Socialized Healthcare – It’s Already Here

I guess I’m a little confused with all of this concern over socialized healthcare. Seems like we’ve already got it . So what’s the big fuss?
Insurance = Socialism
Insurance is based on the concept of socialism.  Assemble a group and they all contribute to the group for the better of the whole to protect the individual. [...]

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Jay Parkinson Rocks My World in 10 words

Because he’s authentic , sincere , yet doesn’t take himself too seriously.
I feel like we share a similar vision about what is right vs. stupid.  My hat goes off to Jay for simply being really honest and avoiding the complexity that the healthcare system tends to swirl in. Keep on cutting through the crap, sir.
If [...]

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Companies to Tackle New Standards for Healthcare Provider Information Sharing

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (February 26, 2008) – A consortium of nine US-based healthcare technology companies and healthcare providers has announced it will lead adoption of a new consistent file format standard for collecting, storing and exchanging of healthcare provider data.
To be called a dCard — short for doctor card — the new technology criterion is intended [...]

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