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GOP antipathy to Obamacare has followed a smooth, if not entirely predictable trajectory ever since the bill was signed into law in March 2010. The rancor in the lead-up to the law’s passage was met with the usual mix of boisterous … Continue reading →
24. May 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Corporate, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Election 2016, Ethics and Responsibility, Health Insurance, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Exchanges, Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Legislation, Hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, Reform Law, Texas, The Uninsured |
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We all know the potential effects of the option of states which choose to forgo Medicaid expansion, given the choice to do so via last year’s SCOTUS ruling. On the brink of a flood of tens of millions of suddenly-insured Americans … Continue reading →
28. March 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law, Science & Research |
Tags: Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Legislation, Medicaid, New England Journal of Medicine, Reform Law, Rural Medicine, The Uninsured |
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GOP Gov. Rick Scott (FL) becomes the latest Republican chief exec to flip-flop on the issue of SCOTUS-sanctioned state sovereignty over Medicaid expansion as part of the ACA. His switch comes as the latest casualty of increasingly intense political pressure … Continue reading →
23. February 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: Corporate, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Ethics and Responsibility, Health Insurance, Healthcare Delivery, Medicaid |
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You don’t have to be a healthcare policy pundit to surmise that all facets of delivery in this country are driven by profit and minimization of costs required to do it — from the insurers to Pharma, from acute hospitals … Continue reading →
21. February 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Corporate, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Pharma & Devices, Politics & The Law, Science & Research |
Tags: America's Health Insurance Plans, Ethics and Responsibility, Health Insurance, Health Reform Debate, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Legislation, Healthcare Policy Polling, Medicaid, Medicare, Pharma Advertising, Physicians and Practice, Practice Management, Preventive Medicine, Taxes, The Uninsured, Third Parties |
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The rollout of insurance exchanges and the coverage they promise under the banner of market competition and choice continues to be championed by the Obama administration. And for good reason: as the president enters his legacy term, there’s a lot … Continue reading →
06. February 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: Corporate, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Science & Research |
Tags: Barack Obama, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Exchanges, Healthcare Financing, Medicaid, Reform Law, The Uninsured, Third Parties, Transparency & Disclosure |
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The concept began in the late 20th century, as some primary care clinicians could see the pending writing on the proverbial Medicare wall — their practices were losing money, as their overhead and Medicare/Medicaid beneficiary pools were increasing. The concept … Continue reading →
28. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: Corporate, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Chronic Disease Management, Ethics and Responsibility, Health Insurance, Healthcare Delivery, Medicaid, Medicare, Minnesota, Physicians and Practice, Primary Care |
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Call it a natural by-product of the increasingly staggering numbers of the post-Boomer elderly in this country. Call it a failure of certain community social safety nets to account for those seniors who fall through the fiscal cracks. Or simply … Continue reading →
27. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Knowledge & Medicine, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Legislation, Medicaid, Medical Education, Medicare, Practice Management, Preventive Medicine, Public Health |
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Don Berwick, MD, who left his post as CMS chief in 2011, may be considering a run for Mass. governor. In spite of his troubled tenure on Capitol Hill, Berwick remains a popular and favorably regarded health policy titan. What’s … Continue reading →
09. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Donald Berwick, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Medicare |
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Truth in advertising? Rick Scott — Republican governor of Florida and, along with Texas governor, Rick Perry — is often most closely aligned with the drive to counter the acceptance of government funds as part of the ACA to expand … Continue reading →
08. January 2013 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law, Science & Research |
Tags: Ethics and Responsibility, Medicaid, Medicare, Reform Law, Taxes, The Uninsured, Transparency & Disclosure |
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It’s 12/12/12, and you know what that means. Time for the blog to kick back into gear after an self-imposed extended hiatus for professional growth. It’s as good a day as any to get the healthcare policy discussions going once … Continue reading →
12. December 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Exchanges, Healthcare Legislation, Medicaid, Minnesota, Reform Law, Texas |
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Okay, so it’s full speed ahead on the implementation of Obamacare (a term I only accept in its brevity, co-opted by its bipartisan national appeal) following President Obama’s historic re-election last week. After House Majority Leader Boehner uttered that the … Continue reading →
12. November 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Healthcare Financing, Mark Dayton, Medicaid, Minnesota, Mitt Romney, Reform Law |
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It is with cautious optimism that I regard the recent news that the Obama administration is supporting an increase in Medicare outlays for “skilled home care” for dually eligible or Medicaid-only beneficiaries in the community. The administration sided with the … Continue reading →
25. October 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Politics & The Law |
Tags: Alzheimer Dementia, Barack Obama, Chronic Disease Management, Diabetes Mellitus II, Ethics and Responsibility, Geriatric Medicine, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Exchanges, Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Legislation, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Physicians and Practice, Practice Management, Preventive Medicine, Primary Care, Public Health, Reform Law, The Uninsured, Third Parties, Vermont |
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It’s not only the direct providers of patient care — the physicians, NPs, PAs, and other ancillaries — with whom one has to worry about issues of drug diversion and other modalities of inappropriate prescribing of narcotics; it’s also CMS. … Continue reading →
28. September 2012 by Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
Categories: CMS, Knowledge & Medicine, Pharma & Devices, Science & Research |
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Health Reform Debate, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Part D, The Uninsured |
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Originating from Saint Paul, MN, Doctor Pundit is all about the intersection between healthcare policy, science, politics, and all surrounding points and issues. Although the entire scope of healthcare delivery and policy is much too encompassing for just one blogger to cover, I'll try my best. Enjoy! From time to time, you'll also see other items of interest that probably have nothing to do with health policy in the least. Try and keep an open mind. :) Proprietor & Editor -- Michael Douglas, MD, MBA
