Did Obamacare 'Poster Boy' Really Get Exchange Coverage?
Michael F. Cannon
Reason’s Peter Suderman:
Chad Henderson is the media’s poster boy for Obamacare. Reporters struggled this week to find individuals who said they had been able to enroll in one of the law’s 36 federally run health-insurance exchanges.
That changed yesterday, when they found Henderson, a 21-year-old student and part-time child-care worker who lives in Georgia and says that he successfully enrolled himself and his father Bill in insurance plans via the online exchange administered at healthcare.gov.
But in an exclusive phone interview this morning with Reason, Chad father’s Bill contradict...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 4, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
Wow! I Could Have Bought Off Exchange
Chad Henderson lives in Flintstone, Georgia, is 21 years old, and actually bought an Obamacare plan on the exchange.
Chad is a college student and part time day care worker, but made too much money to qualify for taxpayer paid subsidies.
Without Obamacare, Henderson could have received health insurance for as little as $44.72 on eHealthInsurance.com, according to Michael F. Cannon of the Cato Institute.
“I can’t yet say whether Chad’s $175 premium is the lowest-cost plan available to him through the Obamacare Exchange,” Cannon said. “[I’m in the process of researching that, and it’ll probably tak...
Source: InsureBlog - October 4, 2013 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Source Type: blogs
Obamacare Increases Man's Premiums 300%, Supporters Call It a Success Story
Michael F. Cannon
Obamacare’s health insurance Exchanges opened for business, in most states, sort of, on Tuesday. Millions of people have reportedly flooded the Exchanges, but have had so much difficulty using the web sites that reporters have had a hard time finding anyone who has successfully enrolled in an Obamacare plan. The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff writes:
Just moments after writing a blog post Thursday morning, about the lack of information on Obamacare enrollees, Enroll America reached out with contact information for Chad Henderson, a 21-year-old in Georgia who had successfully en...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
National Health IT Week 2013, Sept. 15-22
Tue, 9/17/2013 - 8:34amChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
Join us this week, and just about everyone else in health IT, as we recognize the value of the profession during National Health IT Week. There have been several articles and blog posts written answering the question proposed by HIMSS: "What is the value of health IT?"
Our VP of Marketing Jon Mertz wrote What’s the Value of Health IT? It’s About Me, Me, Me for the Texas Enterprise site, and I published It's Not Complicated: Health IT ...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - September 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Get Ready for Corepoint Connect 13
Fri, 9/6/2013 - 5:30pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
Our annual user group conference is coming up quickly, Oct. 2-4, in Plano, Texas, which is located just a few miles down the Dallas North Tollway from our corporate offices. Like last year's event, we've scheduled several educational presentations on emerging standards and health IT trends, as well as several hands-on product training opportunities with several interoperability experts.
Here are a few "emerging standards" sessions that I a...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - September 6, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Infographic: Health IT Growth in the U.S.
Tue, 8/27/2013 - 3:27pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Driven by major federal investments in health IT the past several years, hospitals, physicians and other providers have made significant strides in the adoption of EHRs and other health IT, according to a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual report, “Health Information Technology in the United States: Better Information Systems for Better Care, 2013,” co-authored by Mathematica Policy Research and the Harvard School of Public ...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - August 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Up And Down The Ladder... Job Changes
Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone?
And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Emory University and Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory LLC hired George P...
Source: Pharmalot - July 26, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
What Does IHE USA Certification Mean?
Wed, 7/24/2013 - 4:12pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Just yesterday, we announced the exciting news that Corepoint Integration Engine was one of only eight health IT vendors to receive the new 2013 IHE USA Certification.
The new certification is a joint initiative of IHE USA and ICSA Labs and builds on specifications from the ONC. The program is designed to give purchasers of health IT products peace of mind that certified products are suitable for health data exchange and have passed tough int...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
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Source: The EMT Spot - July 21, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Hot Enough For You?
Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger
Global Science Report is a weekly feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly “Current Wisdom.”
Is it hot enough for you?
You don’t know, and neither do global warming policy wonks.
Climatologically speaking, temperatures peak in the second half of July, especially here in the East. Thanks to this, global warming horror stories also max out, followed by the usual pleadings for this or ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger Source Type: blogs
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Tue, 7/16/2013 - 11:37amChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
EHRs are poorly designed.
Health Information Exchange organizations are not financially sustainable.
Patient portals are a poor substitute for real patient engagement.
Will Meaningful Use be a victim of future budget cuts?
Since you're interested in health IT and what I like to call "the modernization of healthcare," you've undoubtedly read articles that advance the above opinions or, at the very least, read headlines that state similarl...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 16, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
How #HealthIT Affects Social Media, Communications and Relationships – #HITsm Chat Highlights
Topic One: How has #HealthIT utilized research in social networks (e.g., http://t.co/68HIycMwrT) in design of #EHR & #HIT systems? #HITsm
T1 #SoMe and #HealthIT has provided personal motivation at sites like http://t.co/glZ6H35j3D #hitsm
— Mike Jenkins (@TechnologyChef) July 12, 2013
T1 It helps identify areas of concern and how EHRs can be improved.#hitsm
— Betty Jenkins (@Practicized4U) July 12, 2013
T1: In too many cases, #HealthIT still represents some form of fragmentation for users #hitsm
— Bob Green (@HealthcareNovel) July 12, 2013
T1: Creating or tying social networks to EHRs definitely has value...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 15, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katie Tags: EMR mHealth #HITSM Healthcare Social Media Source Type: blogs
High Costs of Health IT, ePrescribing, and HIE — #HITsm Chat Highlights
The following is our regularly scheduled roundup of tweets from yesterday’s #HITsm chat. You can also check out John’s blog post on yesterdays #HITsm topics.
Topic One: Costs vs benefits. Will high costs always be the #1 barrier cited to #healthIT adoption?
T1: Costs aren’t just $ setup costs, but also workflow disruption, learning curve #HITSM
— Gautam Jaggi (@GautamJaggi) June 28, 2013
T1: Costs an issue in Australia when GP HIT cost subsidised 90%+ adoption but also need education/training #hitsm
— georgemargelis (@georgemargelis) June 28, 2013
T1: User experience will also be barriers. Need bette...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 29, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katie Tags: HealthCare IT HIE HL7 Meaningful Use #HITsm Chat mHealth Source Type: blogs
Obsolete Office Visits, Tracking Customer Behavior, and More — #HITsm Chat Highlights
John did a full writeup on these topics before the #HITsm chat. Be sure to read his thoughts on Healthcare Unbound.
Topic One: So how long will it be before office visits are no longer the norm? (via Mark Blatt, MD, CMIO Intel)
T1: 3 years, 4 months, 11 hours, 27 minutes #HITsm
— Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) June 21, 2013
T1: When people in their 20s/30s are the “older” generation. #HITsm
— Elizabeth Xu (@ElizabethMXu) June 21, 2013
T1: I say probably never. People still want and need face to face interaction. …at least for the next 3.3 years. #HITsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 21, 2013
T1: P...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 22, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katie Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR EMR Technology Healthcare Medical Privacy mHealth Patients #HITsm Chat Aetna Patient Privacy Source Type: blogs
