Bringing on-demand rideshare to medical transport. Interview with Veyo ’ s CEO
Uber and Lyft have transformed (and largely destroyed) the taxi industry. Now startup companies like Veyo are applying similar approaches to the medical transportation field. I interviewed Veyo’s CEO, Josh Komenda to get his take.
1.How is non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) defined? What’s included? How big is it?
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) is a transportation benefit for Medicaid or Medicare members who need to get to and from medical services, but have no means of transportation. NEMT provides eligible patients with trips that are non-emergency in nature, meaning there is no i...
Source: Health Business Blog - March 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Entrepreneurs Patients Podcast Technology medical transportation NEMT rideshare Source Type: blogs
Health Wonk Review - upcoming hosts
Mar 23, 2017 - Louise Norris - Colorado Health Insurance Insider
Apr 6, 2017 - Hank Stern - InsureBlog
Apr 20, 2017 - Brad Wright - Wright on Health
May 4, 2017 - TBA
May 18, 2017 - TBA
June 1, 2017 - Andrew Sprung - xpostfactoid
June 15, 2017 - Joe Paduda - Managed Care Matters (Source: Health Wonk Review)
Source: Health Wonk Review - March 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
New Health Wonk Review at Health System Ed Blog
Peggy Salvatore has posted The “May You Live in Interesting Times” Edition of Health Wonk Review at Health System Ed Blog. (Source: Health Wonk Review)
Source: Health Wonk Review - March 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
eCOA in action: Podcast interview with iCardiac CEO, Alex Zapesochny
Alex Zapesochny, CEO, iCardiac Technologies
https://healthbb.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/hbdew053-david-e-williams-interviews-icardiac-ceo-alex-zapesochny.mp3
Electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) platforms collect data from patients, clinicians and caregivers to make clinical trials more efficient and accurate. iCardiac Technologies, an innovative core lab where I am a board member, just introduced its QPoint eCOA platform to complement its existing cardiac safety and respiratory function product lines.
In this podcast interview, iCardiac CEO Alex Zapesochny shares more about the launch.
(0:11) What are some of ...
Source: Health Business Blog - March 6, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Devices Pharma Technology clinical trials eCOA icardiac Source Type: blogs
What ’ s wrong with Trumpcare (so far)
As a college student many years ago I had a summer internship at a top consulting firm, where I learned an important lesson from my boss: “Don’t come tell me about a problem without proposing a solution.” It went without saying that before speaking up I was expected to focus only on real problems, analyze the situation, and propose realistic, logically consistent solutions.
I’m reminded of this lesson pretty much whenever I hear Donald Trump say something, on subjects ranging from immigration to the environment to foreign policy. If he were a summer intern he would have been fired, and We the People shou...
Source: Health Business Blog - March 3, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Amusements Donald Trump Source Type: blogs
What ’ s wrong with Trumpcare (so far)
As a college student many years ago I had a summer internship at a top consulting firm, where I learned an important lesson from my boss: “Don’t come tell me about a problem without proposing a solution.” It went without saying that before speaking up I was expected to focus only on real problems, analyze the situation, and propose realistic, logically consistent solutions.
I’m reminded of this lesson pretty much whenever I hear Donald Trump say something, on subjects ranging from immigration to the environment to foreign policy. If he were a summer intern he would have been fired, and We the People shou...
Source: Health Business Blog - March 3, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Amusements Donald Trump Source Type: blogs
Health Wonk Review Archives: 2006-2016
April 20, 2017 - Brad Wright - Wright on Health
April 6, 2017 - Hank Stern - InsureBlog
March 23, 2017 - Louise Norris - Colorado Health Insurance Insider
March 9, 2017 - Peggy Salvatore - Health System Ed Blog
February 23, 2017 - David Williams - Health Business Blog
February 9, 2017 - Steve Anderson - medicareresources.org
January 26, 2017 - Joe Paduda at Managed Care Matters
January12, 2017 - Julie Ferguson - Workers Comp Insider
December 1, 2016 - Hank Stern at InsureBlog
November 11, 2016 - Joe Paduda - Managed Care Matters Post-election special
November 3, 2016 - Brad Wright at Wright on Health
Octobe...
Source: Health Wonk Review - March 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
New Health Wonk Review at Health Business Blog
David Williams has posted Health Wonk Review: Presidents' Day edition at Health Business Blog. (Source: Health Wonk Review)
Source: Health Wonk Review - February 23, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
Health Wonk Review: Presidents ’ Day edition
With Presidents’ Day on Monday, school vacations in Massachusetts and New York, not to mention the throngs soaking it up at HIMSS, it’s relatively quiet in the healthcare wonkosphere this week. Nonetheless, I have managed to collect a few solid entries for your reading pleasure.
Workers’ Comp Insider has a “bone to pick” with former President Obama for not doing enough to fight for ObamaCare and educate the public about its merits. But the last few lines are telling as the post focuses on the cluelessness of the ‘dogs that caught the bus’ (i.e., Republicans). And the PS says it ...
Source: Health Business Blog - February 23, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Blogs Policy and politics Source Type: blogs
Can Congress agree on the Cadillac tax?
Cadillac taxi?
Health care is too costly in the US. One reason is that health insurance premiums are fully tax deductible for employers. This distorts the market, causing employers and employees to prefer devoting the next dollar of compensation to healthcare rather than wages. That’s fine in any given year but over time it’s helped drive up healthcare spending and hold down wages.
One of the many things the Affordable Care Act did right was to start to address this issue with the so-called Cadillac Tax, an excise tax on high cost employer plans. Like everything in the ACA it has been attacked and derided by th...
Source: Health Business Blog - February 16, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Health plans Policy and politics Cadillac tax Source Type: blogs
Looking abroad for healthcare answers
Serious students of the US healthcare system understand that costs are high and quality is uneven. While there are some incredible components of our system, it’s clear to me that we should look elsewhere for best practices that we could apply in the US. That outlook led to my interest in “medical tourism,” which I spent some time focusing on just before the Obamacare era.
A Harvard Magazine article (Global Health at Home) starts with the same premise, and cites a statement from the World Bank president that “situations of scarcity lead to innovation.” This gets right to the heart of the ma...
Source: Health Business Blog - February 13, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Entrepreneurs International Source Type: blogs
