Simplifying the Business of Health Care Blog http://community.changenow4health.com The community Weblog for Simplifying the Business of Health Care daily 1 2007-08-22T18:40:26Z Health Care Is Personal http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/health-care-is-personal In memory of Karen Speziale No publisher cliveriddle 2008-07-02T17:49:22Z News Item Health08.org http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/Health08.org 2008 election news, analysis and events relating to health care, from Kaiser Family Foundation No publisher cliveriddle 2008-06-20T19:43:38Z Link PwC puts a price tag on waste in healthcare spending http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/pwc-puts-a-price-tag-on-waste-in-healthcare Pricewaterhouse Coopers estimates up to $1.2 trillion from identified health care waste, which they've classified into three "wastebaskets." No publisher cliveriddle 2008-06-20T19:39:32Z News Item Administrative Simplification Conference 2008 http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/administrative-simplification-conference-2008 Health Care Professionals Can Register at No Cost No publisher cliveriddle 2008-06-16T21:30:47Z News Item CAQH CORE Simplification Initiative Presses Forward http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/caqh-core-simplification-initiative-presses 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 No publisher cliveriddle 2008-06-03T18:37:23Z News Item Touring the Innovation xChange for Healthcare Simplification Ideas http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/touring-the-innovation-xchange-for-healthcare Some recently submitted ideas from the ChangeNow4Health Community under the category of Simplifying the Business of Health Care No publisher cliveriddle 2008-05-14T18:47:35Z News Item Simplifying Consumer Driven Plans http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/simplifying-consumer-driven-plans Plans and Employers not taking the right steps are supplying consumer plan critics ammunition No publisher cliveriddle 2008-05-02T22:14:22Z News Item What Thought Leaders are Saying http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/what-thought-leaders-are-saying Blogging Live from the World Health Care Congress 2008 in Washington, DC No publisher cliveriddle 2008-04-22T13:56:18Z News Item Change via The Presidential Candidates’ Health Care Agenda http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/change-via-the-presidential-candidates2019-health Blogging Live from the World Health Care Congress 2008 in Washington DC No publisher cliveriddle 2008-04-21T20:14:16Z News Item The Medical Home: A solution to simplifying and improving health care? http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/the-medical-home-a-solution-to-simplifying-and 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 No publisher cliveriddle 2008-04-16T18:02:44Z News Item A Dozen Things I’ve Learned 20 months and 477 Innovation Blogs Ago http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/a-dozen-things-i2019ve-learned-20-months-and-477 A guest blog from noted health care author and thought leader Doctor Richard L. Reece No publisher cliveriddle 2008-04-07T16:58:23Z News Item The state of e-Visits in 2008 http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/the-state-of-e-visits-in-2008 Simplifying healthcare through a web visit has been elusive, but is now a growing reality No publisher cliveriddle 2008-03-29T00:32:31Z News Item Measuring Consumer and Professional HIT adoption and perceptions http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/measuring-consumer-and-professional-hit-adoption iHealthBeat's Data Points provides a great resource for recent survey summaries No publisher cliveriddle 2008-03-17T17:24:45Z News Item Simplification vs. Choice http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/simplification-vs.-choice 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. No publisher cliveriddle 2008-03-07T22:55:15Z News Item PHR Interoperability: Winning Hearts and Minds http://community.changenow4health.com/blogs/simplify/blog/phr-interoperability-winning-hearts-and-minds Is Microsoft seeing the light? No publisher cliveriddle 2008-02-28T05:40:10Z News Item