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Legislation

Chart: Current state telemedicine legislation

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Neil Versel

Here’s a handy chart from the American Telemedicine Association showing the current status of telemedicine legislation in all 50 states plus D.C. Specifically, it shows which states have already mandated private and Medicaid insurance coverage for telemedicine services, as well … Continue reading →

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Health Wonk Review: October Surprise edition

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Neil Versel

The newest installment of Health Wonk Review is up, courtesy of David Williams at the Health Business Blog, and my recent post about politicians perpetuating the myth that the U.S. has the “best healthcare in the world” is featured prominently. … Continue reading →

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Most ‘sentinel events’ caused by poor communication

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Neil Versel

LOS ANGELES—I’m on the west coast now, first for the  USC Body Computing Conference here Friday, and then for the annual Health 2.0 conference up in San Francisco Monday and Tuesday. Friday there was a lot of talk of healthcare … Continue reading →

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ACA decision is a beginning, not an end, to health reform

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’ve spent a lot of time on social media since Thursday morning debating the meaning of the Supreme Court’s rather stunning decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It was stunning in that Chief Justice John Roberts, a … Continue reading →

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Sen. Whitehouse, make some more noise, please

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Neil Versel

I have railed more often than I can count against politicians and the national media for misleading or at least failing to inform the public on what health reform is all about. For me, it was quite refreshing to see … Continue reading →

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Gingrich on EHRs in the 2009 stimulus

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Neil Versel

I don’t like to get political on this blog, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how the Newt Gingrich we’ve seen on the campaign trail of late is quite different from the Newt Gingrich who was a tireless advocate … Continue reading →

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