| "One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Socialized Medicine, Unaffordable? (Part XIII-o) |
| Wednesday, July 1, 2009 |
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| It was fairly easy in last week's post to justify looking hard at the costs of care. All I had to do was reference population studies that show wide, unexplainable variation in tests, procedures, the costs, its quality, or benefit (outcomes). |
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| "One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Sit on, Obfuscate, Bureaucratize (Part XIII-n) |
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
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| Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) attributes most of the exorbitant cost of healthcare to the contemptible profits being made by the health insurance industry. |
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| "One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Public Option v. Private Gain? (Part XIII-m) |
| Friday, June 19, 2009 |
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| "The reform includes a broad range of measures to extend and improve care and help curb rising costs, but the epicenter of the debate is over what is called the 'public option.'" |
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| "One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": The Centrality and Inevitability of Measurement and Management (Part XIII-l) |
| Monday, June 15, 2009 |
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| To reiterate—the big opportunity in healthcare reform is in being aware of what's going on and what is not—measuring and managing; managing and measuring. |
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| "One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Socialized Medicine, An Anathema (Part XIII-k) |
| Friday, June 5, 2009 |
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| Steve Forbes writes that the Obama Administration's plan to deal with the uninsured is a surreptitious attempt to socialize American healthcare, thereby taking over 17% of the economy. |
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| "One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Shaking Down Docs (Part XIII-j) |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
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| It should come as no surprise that Medicare managed care plans underpay non-pars. |
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| Author Bio |
Jeffrey Kaplan
MD, MS
Jeffrey Gene Kaplan, MD, MS is a Board-certified pediatrician. After 30 plus years as a physician executive of health plans, including Corporate Medical Director (1975-1991, Health Services Association and Health Services Medical Corporation in Syracuse, NY), Regional HMO Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western NY, and National V.P. of Utilization Management at Travelers, Dr. Kaplan returned to the sanity of medical practice where, as he says, he is “no longer confused as to who he represents.”
Dr. Kaplan enjoys practicing at the Ezras Choilim Health Center in the Hudson Valley, Nyack Hosp., and the Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla) and teaching at NY Medical College and Pace University. Dr. Kaplan comes to this blog after a successful six years with Managed Care Interface (pub., Medicom Intn’l) to continue addressing inequities created by our broken health care system. |
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