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Tag Archives: Transparency
Them, Not Us
Brian Klepper Posted 1/7/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog “How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenue in half? That’s why the healthcare system won’t change the healthcare system.” Rick Scott, Governor of Florida Former … Continue reading
Our Aim Is At 100%. Other Than That, We Are At Zero
Paul Levy Posted 3/21/12 on Not Running a Hospital The power of transparency, as I have noted, is that it provides creative tension within hospitals so that they hold themselves accountable. This accountability is what will drive doctors, nurses, and administrators … Continue reading
Dallas’ Parkland Memorial: Will Transparency Finally Rule
Paul Levy Posted 2/15/12 on Not Running a Hospital I recently reported about the reluctance of the board at Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital to make public the consultant’s report prepared by order of CMS to review quality and safety issues in the … Continue reading
Posted in Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality
Tagged Parkland Memorial, Quality, Transparency
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Trusting Government: A Tale of Two Federal Advisory Groups
David C. Kibbe and Brian Klepper Posted 2/2/12 on the Health Affairs Blog ©2012 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Americans increasingly distrust what they perceive as poorly run and conflicted government. Yet rarely can we see far … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Conflicts of Interest, Health Care Cost, Health IT, Innovation, Physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Politics, Quality
Tagged AMA, ARRA/HITECH, Brian Klepper, Conflicts of Interest, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Federal Advisory Committees; David C. Kibbe, Health Care Cost, HITPC, Politics, RUC, Transparency
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CalPERS Innovative Program for Hip and Knee Surgeries
Nick Vailas Posted 1/24/12 on Healthcare Transparency Now CalPERS – the California Public Employees’ Retirement System – covers 1.3 million retirees, managing both their retirement and health benefits. It recently introduced a program for knee and hip surgeries that effectively … Continue reading
How Much Does It Cost To Have A Baby
Kenneth Lin Posted 1/24/12 on Common Sense Family Doctor When my wife delivered our second child in 2008, the hospital sent our health insurance company a bill for $8569. The insurance company then wrote off $4117 of that bill, paid $4352, … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Physicians
Tagged Cost, Kenneth Lin, Transparency
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Doing Things Right: Why Three Hospitals Didn’t Harm My Wife
Michael Millenson Posted 12/04/11 on Kaiser Health News My wife was lying in the back of an ambulance, dazed and bloody, while I sat in the front, distraught and distracted. We had been bicycling in a quiet neighborhood in southern … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Medical Management, Physicians, Quality
Tagged Cultural Change, Michael Millenson, Quality Management, Safety, Transparency
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Ohio Steps Backward On Transparency
Paul Levy Posted 10/31/11 on Not Running a Hospital After expressing enthusiastic support for many quality initiatives by hospitals in Ohio, I must report with disappointment an action by their trade association to dismantle the state’s hospital transparency website. This article summarizes: The Ohio … Continue reading
An Open Letter To Donald Berwick, CMS Administrator
August 4, 2011 Donald Berwick, MD, MPH Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Department of Health and Human Services Room 445–G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201 RE: Availability of Medicare Data for … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Consumerism, Innovation, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality, Reform, Tools
Tagged Bruce Boissonnault, CMS, Niagara Health Quality Coalition, Transparency
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Why Transparency and Innovation Will Ultimately Trump Fee-For-Service
Lynn Jennings The current FFS model does not compete in the open market the way that most services and commodities do, based on price, quality and availability. If we had a transparent market for health care, providers would be forced … Continue reading
Rads Are Good For You. Take Twice As Many
Paul Levy First published 6/19/11 on Not Running A Hospital Dear Mrs. Smith, I am writing to inform you that we exposed your body to an unnecessary level of radiation during your visit to our hospital. Oh, by the way, … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Consumerism, Imaging, Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality, Reform, Supply Chain
Tagged Imaging, Paul Levy, Quality, Transparency
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Getting Transparency Right
Paul Levy First published 6/1/11 on Running a Hospital This is about transparency, when it is useful and when it is not. The term is now an established part of the health care lexicon, but there is little substantive discussion about … Continue reading
Posted in Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality, Reform, Social Media
Tagged Data, Hospitals, Paul Levy, Transparency
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Who’s on First?
Paul Levy First published 4/18/11 on [Not] Running a Hospital This story about the Joint Commission in the Boston Globe is disheartening. The lede: The national organization that accredits hospitals will tackle the failure of medical staff to respond to patient alarms, making it a top … Continue reading
How Veterans Are Winning the (Quality) War
Paul Levy First published 3/31/11 on [Not] Running A Hospital At a seminar last night at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School, one of the students asked a question along the lines of, “How do you know when … Continue reading
