Every one of us has gone through the agonizing experience of an exam room visit where a physician takes notes on our condition but offers little measure of warmth or personal exchange. We wait until they complete their written assessment, utter a few indistinguishable words, and make their exit without...
(15) Comments | Posted September 24, 2011 | 11:02 AM
Every month in the U.S., we engage in 100 million searches for health-related information online. [1] Of that number, roughly 15 percent focus on doctors and their backgrounds -- e.g., work and education history, insurance accepted, care philosophy and, increasingly, patient reviews. [2] While just the utterance of "patient reviews"...
(0) Comments | Posted February 10, 2011 | 5:16 PM
When it comes to healthcare billing, we all could use a little "cost education." Trying to understand the nuances of medical billings in today's modern health system is nothing short of daunting - for anyone who "touches" the numbers, including care recipients and care givers.
.... Daunting for practitioners...
(1) Comments | Posted November 4, 2010 | 2:19 PM
While some may debate whether every American should have access to health care, there is no debate on whether someone should be able to file a lawsuit against our new national health care legislation.
Our story begins with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care for America...
(1) Comments | Posted September 10, 2010 | 5:41 PM
We have all watched the U.S. debt markets grind to an exasperating halt in the last three years. It started with the auction rate securities markets, then the corporate debt markets, then the mortgage markets and then other asset-backed securities markets. Like a huge power-generator winding down, the sinking hum...
(0) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 2:48 PM