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Health Wonk Review: money talks, but IT helps

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Neil Versel

The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is hot off the digital presses, with Joe Paduda taking hosting duties on his Managed Care Matters blog. And managed care does matter in this trip around the health blogosphere, with most of … Continue reading →

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Video: Live from HIMSS with Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Neil Versel

NEW ORLEANS—I made my debut for the new Health Innovation Broadcast Consortium last night with a live webcast interview with Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush. As usual, I didn’t need to prepare much for the interview because Bush almost interviews himself, … Continue reading →

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber: 2013 edition

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Neil Versel

Once again, as has become custom, I sat down with HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber at the organization’s Chicago headquarters the week before the annual HIMSS conference to discuss the conference as well as important trends and issues in the health … Continue reading →

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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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Podcast: This time, I’m the interviewee

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Neil Versel

In a rare turn of events, I’m the one being asked the questions on a podcast by Sivad Business Solutions, which hosts regular audio discussions on a variety of business topics. I give kind of a high-level view of health … Continue reading →

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A dubious honor from Health Wonk Review

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Neil Versel

For the very first time, I captured the top spot on the biweekly Health Wonk Review blog carnival, this time hosted by Dr. Jaan Sidorov of the Disease Management Care Blog. Unfortunately, I had to endure my dad’s untimely death … 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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Video: Dell Healthcare Think Tank at HIMSS12

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

The video from the Dell Healthcare Think Tank dinner at HIMSS12 last week, which I participated in, is now available. It’s long, but if you’re into health IT policy and healthcare reform, it probably is worth your time.

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Podcast: Intel’s Eric Dishman on connected care management

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Neil Versel

Did you miss Eric Dishman’s keynote address Tuesday at the Medical Group Management Association‘s annual conference in Las Vegas? That’s OK, because I secured a few minutes with Dishman, director of health innovation and policy at Intel, immediately after his … Continue reading →

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Reactions to final ACO rule

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Neil Versel

As you probably heard, CMS today released a 696-page final rule on accountable care organizations. I wrote a piece for InformationWeek Healthcare that should be posted no later than tomorrow morning, so I’m not going to rehash that. What I … Continue reading →

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