Here’s how millennials could change health care

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Convenience, Customer Service, Millenials, Nurse Practitioner, Personal Physician, Physician, Physician Assistant, Retail Clinic, Telemedicine, Urgent Care • 1 Comment

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/02/07/heres-how-millennials-could-change-health-care/79818756/?utm_campaign=CHL%3A+Daily+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26011566&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_9YYmSBm-afsLKmI4KNbJVS8dRt-5A9-eengcRv6EnpGeMvVQWb_qbOcrRFwNFuuj6NvHgPoGYIr-2sD6PHl9dTzfmGg&_hsmi=26011566

A shopper walks past a Minute Clinic at a CVS Pharmacy

Millennials may give the healthcare industry more impetus to improve customer service

California Northstate University is the first for-profit traditional medical school accredited in the U.S.

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged For-Profit, Med School, Physician, Physician Shortage • Leave a comment

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Medical students Jonathan Huang, left, Zain Lalani, and Tyler Ellis observe a demonstration on performing an orthopedic exam at California Northstate University College of Medicine in Elk Grove last month. These first-year medical students are attending the first for-profit medical school in the nation.

California doctor gets 30 years to life in landmark overdose case

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Drug Overdose, Malpractice, Murder Conviction, Pain Management, Pain Medication, Physician • Leave a comment

http://www.reuters.com/article/california-doctor-murder-idUSL2N15K26B?utm_campaign=CHL%3A+Daily+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26011566&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bqm6OyKzLTphot7-wvJK6zKLfJZDY9Pt4x5Sx3usqJZo41eksC24UbUIoV3UdJvSHFmT7Er6TeCobqBAsTckD6h4gcg&_hsmi=26011566

Dr. Hsiu-Ying "Lisa" Tseng

Small Share of Doctors Account for Bulk of Malpractice Payouts

Posted on February 6, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health Policy, Malpractice, Physician, Physician Specialties, Serial Offenders • Leave a comment

Small share of doctors account for bulk of malpractice payouts

Doctors who order more tests may face fewer lawsuits

Posted on February 6, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Defensive Medicine, Malpractice, Physician, Public Policy, Tort Reform • Leave a comment

http://www.statnews.com/2015/11/04/doctors-tests-mean-fewer-lawsuits/

Should Patients be able to Record Their Surgeries?

Posted on February 6, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health Policy, Health System, Healthcare Transparency, Hospital, Malpractice, Patient Privacy, Patient Safety, Physician, Quality Care • Leave a comment

Should patients be able to record their surgeries?

Communication Failures Linked to 1,744 Deaths in 5 Years, U.S. Malpractice Study Finds

Posted on February 6, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Communication, Health System, Hospital, Malpractice, Patient Safety, Physician, Quality Care • Leave a comment

Communication failures linked to 1,744 deaths in five years, US malpractice study finds

Pulse of Longwood takes you inside one of the nation’s largest hubs of hospitals and biomedical research.

Doctors and patients are discussing ways to cut costs

Posted on February 3, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Cost of Care, Health Insurance Coverage, Out of Pocket Deductibles, Out of Pocket Expenses, Physician • Leave a comment

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/health/2016/02/02/18109/doctors-and-patients-are-discussing-ways-to-cut-co/

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Legislators take aim at Stark law in light of value-based payment changes

Posted on February 3, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Anti-Kickback, Health Policy, Medicaid, Medicare, Physician, Self Referral Laws, Stark Law, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/legislators-take-aim-stark-law-light-value-based-payment-changes/2016-02-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKde%2FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBgNq%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Representatives and senators seek input on self-referral laws

Fueled By Health Law, ‘Concierge Medicine’ Reaches New Markets

Posted on January 31, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Concierge Medicine, Direct Primary Care, Physician • Leave a comment

http://khn.org/news/fueled-by-health-law-concierge-medicine-reaches-new-markets/

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/could-direct-primary-care-go-mainstream/412704/