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If You Knew the Price…

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“If you knew what the price of items were at Wal-Mart before you went into the store to buy them, it would put Wal-Mart out of business.”
That has to be one of the single most insane statements ever written.Yet that’s exactly what many doctors and hospitals would have you believe [...]

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History Repeats Itself in Healthcare

Great article from a freelance writer in The Morning Call. Richard has some of the ledgers from NY and Pennsylvania banks the 1950s to 1960s showing how household expenses were distributed. Of particular note is that the family paid all of their medical bills in cash. When someone came down with a more serious illness, [...]

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From Snake Oil to…Snake Oil

We’ve come a long way from the days of the snake oil salesman doctors. We have metrics, proof, real information, process, procedure and healthcare is FAR better as a result.
But I’m reaching saturation point with the quality talk. The only available quality metrics are on the hospitals, but they are comprised of individual docs who [...]

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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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