All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Healthcare Services

The announcement by Wellpoint that it will offer online evaluations of doctors and their offices is very interesting. Using a tool developed by Zagat's, patients in targest markets will be able to rate their physician "experience" on several unspecified factors, presumably dealing with things like doctor/office...

A new idea - I don't think so Trust Blue Cross??????

Somebody really smart once said, "Sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted."  However flawed P4P, EBM, TQM, critical pathways, centers of excellence, and outcomes measurement are, they at least attempt to define QUALITY. The argument rages and usually ignores the most...

Zagat guides have been used with the immense popularity in the evaluation of restaurants, hotels and shopping sites.  The current plan is to apply these to doctor's offices- not physician quality.  The concept is nice and may be more meaningful for patients than to Wellpoint's business.&n...

Wellpoint is forging new territory rating the doctors office.

The article published in the www.fiercehealthhit.com is a report of caution by the health IT leaders about too much optimism regarding radicalization of technlogical use in health sectors.  Health IT leaders are suggesting tht 2008 may not bring expected technological revolution in health...

while the cost savings to the insurance industry are significant, the primary benefactors are not the insured but rather than the insurance industry. Now you have a significant decrease in expenditures but when will the premiums decrease or the benefits be shifted to preventive medicine.  ...

Medicine is as much an art as a science. Errors occu- the sick may get sicker and bad things happen. When we start down this slippery slope, the HMO"s and medicare will clearly be solvent, but what about the really sick? Where will they get care? What happens next- bad outcome-will not pay? I ...

If insurers stop paying for care linked to errors, this is essentially a retroactive, outcome-based payment plan.  I believe this would negatively impact patient care by forcing unnecessary tests and moving away from the true art of diagnostic medicine itself.  It is important for the general...

Insurance company data is primitive and flawed. Any entity that can manage this data well in the future will be extremely profitable.