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NYT Provides More “Enlightened Ambiguity” on Medicare Health Support

While not providing anything close to the “final answer”, The New York Times does a good job summarizing the onoging Medicare Health Support (MHS) fracas.  To borrow from one of my colleagues, it’s more “enlightened ambiguity” about the ultimate fate of the MHS beached whale. 

Medicare Finds How Hard It Is to Save Money, The New York Times; April 7, 2008

For One Company, Role in Medicare Experiment Has Hurt Stock, The New York Times; April 7, 2008

Birth Announcement: the Personal Health Information Network (PHIN)

Vince Kuraitis and David C. Kibbe, MD MBA 

The Internet and digital technologies have transformed many aspects of our lives over the past twenty years.  We can get cash at ATMs all over the world; we can book our own airline reservations; we can shop and get best prices over the Internet.

Why hasn’t this happened in health care?  Something is missing.

Recently, major global information and communication companies have announced their intention to bring their technologies and business models to health care.  […]

A First Comparison of Google Health and MS HealthVault

While details are thin, here’s a first pass at comparing and contrasting Google Health (GH) and Microsoft HealthVault (HV).  Overall, there are many common features, some differences, and many common challenges between these two platforms. 

A High Level Comparison

Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault Personal Health Information (PHI) Platforms

There’s still not much information available about the specifics of GH, although they did release sketchy information on the Official Google Blog.  I’ll comment on a few of the particulars.

HealthSpring “Gets” Physician Engagement.

I’ve written a lot recently about Medicare Health Support (MHS).  We are learning a lot from MHS about what DOESN’T work with the frail, elderly Medicare population.

 

But, what DOES work?

 

One key lesson emerging from MHS is the need to integrate and engage physicians and other local care providers…easier said than done.

 

$389 M of Healthways’ Market Value Vaporizes After CMS Announcement. What Happened?

Healthways stock price declined today by $10.52 (15.9%) after CMS “announcement” about ending Medicare Health Support (MHS) Phase 1.  This equates to a loss of $389 million in market capitalization…poof!  Gone. Healthways is one of the remaining five participants in the MHS program.

Without pointing fingers, it’s obvious that investors were surprised by the news.  What happened?

Connecting the Dots…Google Health Promises to Create AND Dominate Next Generation PHRs

Google Health (GH) could be the event of the decade in advancing health care reform — not just healthcare information technology (HIT) reform, but health care system reform. GH promises simultaneously to create AND dominate the market for next generation personal health records (PHRs). There is nothing else in our solar system or in the entire universe like it.

While Google has not “officially” announced the details of GH, they’ve left a lot of clues. In this essay I’m going to […]

TA Associates Completes $175 Million Buyout of Alere Medical

TA Associates announced that it has partnered with management in a $175 million buyout of Alere Medical Incorporated, a leading disease management company.

Here are a few of my initial impressions:

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