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Patient Communication Can Improve Satisfaction Even When Performance Stumbles — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 30, 2009 01:04 PM

Press Ganey Report on Hospital Emergency Wait Times. By Clive Riddle

What’s the Meaning of ‘Meaningful Use’? — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 19, 2009 05:16 PM

That’s the $19 billion question regarding EHR adoption. By Clive Riddle

Personal EHR's: What’s the latest at Microsoft’s Healthvault — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 11, 2009 11:22 PM

News from Microsoft’s Connected Health Conference, by Clive Riddle

Physician Appointment Wait Times vs. The State of Massachusetts — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 05, 2009 07:24 PM

Just completed study reveals waits in Boston are more than double other major cities, and improved Massachusetts coverage may be the culprit. By Clive Riddle

Labeling Health Reform: The CBO Weighs In — by Clive Riddle — last modified May 29, 2009 08:13 PM

Officially categorizing if major reform proposals would be a government program and part of the federal budget, by Clive Riddle

The Administrative Cost of Physician Interaction with Health Insurance — by Clive Riddle — last modified May 22, 2009 04:54 PM

What really can be saved if streamlining occurs? By Clive Riddle

Ten Major Health Reform Resource Sites — by Clive Riddle — last modified May 14, 2009 10:05 PM

by Clive Riddle: Where to click for a fifty yard line seat on the action

The Public's View of EMR — by Clive Riddle — last modified May 06, 2009 08:40 PM

A Noticeable Gap between the Public and Industry Stakeholders

ChangeNow4Health- the sequel: Return of the Bloggers — by Clive Riddle — last modified Apr 27, 2009 05:40 PM

 

ICD-10 Conversion Conundrum Hanging Over Health Industry's Head — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 07, 2008 06:31 PM

May make Y2k and HIPAA initiatives pale in comparison

Doctor Visits and Direct to Consumer Rx Advertising — by Clive Riddle — last modified Oct 23, 2008 08:24 PM

A recent paper discusses and measures the impact of direct to consumer advertising on physician visits

Medicare Facts and Figures — by Clive Riddle — last modified Oct 17, 2008 02:21 PM

Examining a snapshot of our largest health benefit program

Self Funded Health Plans Continue to Grow — by Clive Riddle — last modified Oct 07, 2008 08:47 PM

There are numerous implications from the continued trend toward self-insuring

Using Behavioral Economics to Bring About Health Care Change — by Clive Riddle — last modified Sep 26, 2008 10:43 PM

Could malpractice coverage be bundled with health insurance sold at the per-consumer, instead of per-doctor level, and offered via an opt-in or opt-out basis like auto insurance with car rentals?

Health Policy and Economics Experts Criticize Both the Obama and McCain Health Reform Plans — by Clive Riddle — last modified Sep 19, 2008 10:01 PM

Health Affairs Has Published Critiques of Both Plans this Week

What would a Revolution/Everyday Health Merger Mean? — by Clive Riddle — last modified Sep 10, 2008 08:03 PM

The second and third largest consumer health information sites are in the midst of merger talks

What does the dip in the number of uninsured mean? — by Clive Riddle — last modified Aug 29, 2008 06:53 PM

The Census Bureau has just released their annual estimates of health insurance coverage in the United States

General Motors is auditing employee health benefit eligibility in effort to lower their costs — by Clive Riddle — last modified Aug 20, 2008 10:11 PM

So why is it so hard to track eligibility?

InnoCentive Idea Submissions Add to Vast Pool of Ideas in Change Now 4 Innovation xChange — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jul 30, 2008 08:36 PM

132 Submission Reviewed to Date from InnoCentive with more being compiled, providing ChangeNow4Health a total of over 230 ideas to date to review

Providing Answers to Lingering Questions on HSAs and HDHPs — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jul 30, 2008 08:37 PM

The IRS has issued Notice 2008-59, addressing 40 FAQs on Health Savings Accounts and High Deductible Health Plans

Health Care Is Personal — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jul 02, 2008 05:49 PM

In memory of Karen Speziale

Health08.org — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 20, 2008 07:43 PM

2008 election news, analysis and events relating to health care, from Kaiser Family Foundation

PwC puts a price tag on waste in healthcare spending — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 20, 2008 07:39 PM

Pricewaterhouse Coopers estimates up to $1.2 trillion from identified health care waste, which they've classified into three "wastebaskets."

Administrative Simplification Conference 2008 — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 16, 2008 09:30 PM

Health Care Professionals Can Register at No Cost

CAQH CORE Simplification Initiative Presses Forward — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jun 03, 2008 06:37 PM

Like a major party presidential candidate leading the pack, CAQH continues to ring up organizational endorsements and the equivalent of delegates and superdelegates via vendors adopting their certification standards, as CAQH moves forward to “clinch” setting an industry standard

Touring the Innovation xChange for Healthcare Simplification Ideas — by Clive Riddle — last modified May 14, 2008 06:47 PM

Some recently submitted ideas from the ChangeNow4Health Community under the category of Simplifying the Business of Health Care

Simplifying Consumer Driven Plans — by Clive Riddle — last modified May 02, 2008 10:14 PM

Plans and Employers not taking the right steps are supplying consumer plan critics ammunition

What Thought Leaders are Saying — by Clive Riddle — last modified Apr 22, 2008 01:56 PM

Blogging Live from the World Health Care Congress 2008 in Washington, DC

Change via The Presidential Candidates’ Health Care Agenda — by Clive Riddle — last modified Apr 21, 2008 08:14 PM

Blogging Live from the World Health Care Congress 2008 in Washington DC

The Medical Home: A solution to simplifying and improving health care? — by Clive Riddle — last modified Apr 16, 2008 06:02 PM

The formula for the new Medical Home: Personal Primary Care Coordination + Clinician Health Coaches + Centralized Electronic Health Records + Evidence Based Medicine & Standards + Changes in Primary Care Reimbursement

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned 20 months and 477 Innovation Blogs Ago — by Clive Riddle — last modified Apr 07, 2008 04:58 PM

A guest blog from noted health care author and thought leader Doctor Richard L. Reece

The state of e-Visits in 2008 — by Clive Riddle — last modified Mar 29, 2008 12:32 AM

Simplifying healthcare through a web visit has been elusive, but is now a growing reality

Measuring Consumer and Professional HIT adoption and perceptions — by Clive Riddle — last modified Mar 17, 2008 05:24 PM

iHealthBeat's Data Points provides a great resource for recent survey summaries

Simplification vs. Choice — by Clive Riddle — last modified Mar 07, 2008 10:55 PM

Now and in the past, a number of Benefit Managers and Benefit Consultants have advocated offering just one health plan to employees, with simplification one of the goals, while employees want a choice of plans. Survey data shows single plan offerings are increasing with larger employers.

PHR Interoperability: Winning Hearts and Minds — by Clive Riddle — last modified Feb 28, 2008 05:40 AM

Is Microsoft seeing the light?

Health Care Inflation Is Globalized — by Clive Riddle — last modified Feb 20, 2008 06:56 PM

Watson Wyatt Survey Results Indicate the U.S. is now in the middle of the pack, inflation wise

Even California MDs aren't wired enough — by Clive Riddle — last modified Feb 07, 2008 09:33 PM

Electronic Health Records and other key Health Information Technology applications are crucial towards simplifying and improving health care, but adequate physician adoption remains elusive

ChangeNow4Health Podcasts — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jan 23, 2008 03:56 PM

Check out these ChangeNow4Health Podcast Interviews

Dr. Mark Fendrick and Value-Based Insurance Design — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jan 23, 2008 03:46 PM

The World of VBID according to Mark Fendrick and the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design

More comments from the community — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jan 02, 2008 11:14 PM

Some more comments received from members recently joining the community

Crossing State Lines — by Clive Riddle — last modified Jan 02, 2008 06:20 PM

Rep. John Shadegg's crusade to allow interstate commerce in health insurance plans

Comments from the Community so far - — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 13, 2007 04:57 PM

A sampling of comments received from some of you at the time you joined the community

Interview with CAQH on Simplification — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 10, 2007 09:30 PM

Listen to a 22 minute interview with Robin Thomashauer and Gwen Lohse from the Council for Affordable, Quality Healthcare

Interview with Dianne Kiehl from the Business Group on Health — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 10, 2007 09:27 PM

A 20 minutes interview with the Executive Director on the Business Group on Health, in Wisconsin

Interview with Availity CEO — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 10, 2007 09:21 PM

Listen to a ten minute interview with Julie Klapstein, President and CEO of Availity

Simplification Success Story: An Interview with Robin Thomashauer and Gwen Lohse of CAQH — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 10, 2007 09:13 PM

CAQH has simplified and set the standard for provider credentialing, and now is tackling administrative transactions

Welcome to RHIO — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 11, 2007 05:39 PM

What's a RHIO you ask? How can they simplify health care? And why are they in trouble?

Tackling Administrative Simplification at Humana: An Interview with CEO Mike McCallister — by Clive Riddle — last modified Dec 11, 2007 05:40 PM

What’s going on at Humana, one of the nation’s largest health plans, in respect to dealing with the administrative complexities of health care

Employers to Health Care Vendors: Integrate — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

Large employers typically use a multitude of health care vendors to serve their employee populations. Employers are upping the pressure on their vendors to better integrate their flow of information and services.

State of Simplification in the State of Washington — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

The Washington Healthcare Forum’s mission is to streamline and simplify healthcare financing and delivery, and advance a public dialogue

CORE: Join the Revolution — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

CORE: the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange, as part of CAQH (the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare) has launched a promotional campaign aimed at industry stakeholders to "Join the Revolution"

CORE: Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

The web site from CAQH (the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare) dedicated to simplyfying patient adminsitrative data exchange

Not much to brag about — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

The DHHS web page on administrative simplification is very telling

Opening the Vault — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

The muscle of Microsoft is behind HealthVault. But the power of partnerships will be needed to deliver on its promise.

Microsoft Rolls Out Personal Health Records — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

New York Times article on Microsoft's new HealthVault, which has significant potential for simplifying health care

Benchmarking Health Plan Convenience — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

NCQA measures and rates health plans on service and convenience factors

Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

The coalition web site, which includes provider organizations, health plans, government and employers as members. The coalition's objective is to reduce administrative cost and complexity in healthcare.

Simplify Now: Cutting Health Care's Red Tape White Paper — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

A three page white paper addressing health care simplification

It's not always so simple to simplify — by Clive Riddle — last modified Nov 16, 2007 02:58 PM

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