MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ahip'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:20:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993869&cid=t_126394_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2POxws7y4Uc%2F By Michael F. CannonRegarding ObamaCare’s first adverse-selection death spiral, Julie Rovner posts this over at Shots, the NPR health blog: The advocacy group Health Care for America Now was the first to bring the action to widespread attention. “Even for the insurance industry this behavior is surprisingly brazen,” HCAN Executive Director Ethan Rome wrote in a blog entry for the Huffington Post. “They don’t like the rules, so they’re going to take their ball and go home.” But the insurance industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans rejected HCAN’s contention that the companies’ refusal to sell to all comers is somehow a violation of a promise made earlier this year by AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni that insurance companies ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993869 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:00:27 +0100 3993869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3957897&cid=t_126394_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDKojA3KM-8w%2F By Michael F. CannonThis week saw more bad news for ObamaCare.  So the Obama administration slipped on the brass knuckles. Last week brought news that health insurance premiums grew by a smaller increment in 2010 than in any of the past 10 years.  On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that ObamaCare appears to be turning that around: Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats’ efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections. Aetna Inc., some BlueCross BlueShield plans and other smaller carriers have asked for premium increases of between 1% and 9% to pay for extra benefits required under the law, according to filings with state regulators. Th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3957897 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:32:44 +0100 3957897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912527&cid=t_126394_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FQdhb61dwKeY%2F With the battle over health care reform still under way, the industry’s trade group spent almost as much on lobbying during the first nine months of this year as in all of 2008, according to records reviewed by Bloomberg News. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $19.9 million to lobby Congress and federal agencies during the first nine months of 2009, according to disclosure statements filed with the U.S. Senate. By contrast, PhRMA spent $20.2 million in all of 2008. “Making certain that every single American has access in the future to high-quality health care coverage services has been our top priority this year, and that single-minded focus is reflected in the amount of money we have spent on both lobbying and advertising,” Ken Johnson, a Phr... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912527 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:39:08 +0100 2912527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441285&cid=t_126394_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fwhat-influenced-paean-to-karen-ignagne.html As the discussion here in the US about health care reform gathers steam, the Washington Post published a rather uncritical profile of one of the prominent participants, Ms Karen Ignagni, CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the trade group for the health insurance/ managed care industry. It included some compliments from Princeton Professor and prominent health care economist Uwe Reinhardt:'Whatever AHIP pays her, it's not enough. She's unbelievably effective,' said Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt. 'It's just amazing what she's achieved for them against all odds.'Ignagni's total compensation, according to AHIP's most recent filing from 2007, was $1.58 million, which includes $700,000 in base salary, $370,000 in deferred compensation and a bonus. Ignagni won't say how many hour... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441285 Tue, 26 May 2009 16:44:00 +0100 2441285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405573&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fbreaking-news-private-sector-health.html There's some fairly significant news coming out of Washington tonight: A CNN Money report via Yahoo! says that six key private-sector health industry groups have agreed to participate in the Obama administration's effort to reform healthcare by pledging to take $2 trillion in costs out of the system over the next 10 years. "Six trade associations representing unions, hospitals, insurers and the drug industry have signed on to the commitment," the story says. An Associated Press story says doctors are participating as well. Based on these stories, we can safely assume that coalition includes the AMA, AHA, AHIP, PhRMA and probably the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Service Employees International Union. We'll know for sure Monday when representatives from the six participatin... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405573 Mon, 11 May 2009 04:52:00 +0100 2405573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556179&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fnew-really.html Friday's AHIP Solutions SmartBrief had this item:New AHRQ campaign focuses on patient empowermentThe U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is rolling out a new campaign called "Questions Are the Answer," designed to help patients be more involved in their care to avoid preventable harm. The program offers a Web site that includes video, checklists and advice for patients and providers on asking and answering questions. The Boston Globe (6/26) The Boston Globe story from Thursday didn't make mention of this being a new campaign; only the Spanish component is new. And that's accurate. Readers of this blog would know that "Questions Are the Answer" is not new. I wrote about it on April 23, 2007.On another subject, last week's Health Wonk Review was one of the best I've seen to date�... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556179 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:07:00 +0100 1556179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1553095&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F322203822%2F On the surface, you might think that a press release issued by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) adopting principles for a patient centered medical home (PCMH) would advance the cause. But, look further… The principles endorsed by AHIP only vaguely resemble the Joint Principles of the PCMH endorsed by 4 major primary care physician groups . These groups represent over 300,000 physicians. (See below for a summary listings of AHIP and physicians’ principles supporting the PCMH). Why? Why didn’t AHIP didn’t just endorse the physicians’ principles for the PCMH? If there’s disagreement, why didn’t AHIP say “we agree with the docs except for 1)…, 2)…, 3)…? Why leave it up to outside observers to have to line up and compare two different sets of principles of a PCMH... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1553095 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:16:01 +0100 1553095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1537804&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Ffiercehealthit.html Just a quick note: I'm the guest host, as it were, of FierceHealthIT this week. I wasn't sure until it was too late if I was supposed to write a commentary, so I didn't, but four of the top five story summaries this week carry my byline:"Study: Physician adoption of EHRs continues to lag""MI, WI advance health information exchange""PHRs make inroads with health plans""WellPoint says e-prescribing could be a Trojan horse for HIE"The one I didn't write, "Top P4P hospitals to score $7m in bonuses from CMS," ran in the daily FierceHealthcare last Thursday. (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1537804 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:10:00 +0100 1537804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1261932&cid=t_126394_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2F242094854%2F With insurers’ cancellation of policies of ill patients catching flak from prosecutors and the public, the industry is scrambling to come up with a less controversial alternative. The trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is circulating a proposal for “individual states to use independent panels of health-care professionals and lawyers to review” consumers’ appeals of certain policy cancellations, the WSJ reports. In some cases, insurance companies have the right to retroactively cancel coverage if an insured individual misrepresented his or her health history on the application for coverage. Those cancellations are called “rescissions” in industry jargon. But some companies have been getting in trouble for pushing the limit. Last we... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1261932 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:53:10 +0100 1261932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015702&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fnew-gig.html Ladies and Gentlereaders, I am proud to announce that I have a new gig. I am writing a monthly supplement to the weekly Part B News called Physician Office Technology Report. It's published by Decision Health of Rockville, Md.The title pretty much speaks for itself, and the audience is primarily physician practice managers, similar to my last full-time job at a publication that shall remain nameless because I don't want them to have the publicity. So yeah, there was a good reason why I was in Philadelphia last week for the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference and yet another reason why my blogging has been rather spotty of late.The first issue of the Part B News Physician Office Technology Report came out this week. Look for it the first week of each month. Speaking of ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015702 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:24:00 +0100 1015702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710211&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fsay-what.html I generally try to stay apolitical on this blog and in my writing, but I got an unbelievably shocking e-mail from the Cato Institute this week: "Join the Anti-Universal Coverage Club!" said the subject line, exclamation point included.According to the email, and these words are verbatim:Health policy should focus on making health care of ever-increasing quality available to an ever-increasing number of people.To achieve "universal coverage" would require either having the government provide health insurance to everyone or forcing everyone to buy it. Government provision is undesirable, because government generally does a poor job of improving quality or affordability. Forcing people to get insurance would lead to a worse health-care system for everyone, because it would necessitate so much... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710211 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:34:00 +0100 710211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=686907&cid=t_126394_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fmichael-moore-at-ahip-meeting.html LAS VEGAS—In the sweltering June desert heat (dry heat, sure, but 104 degrees is still 104 degrees) comes a wonderfly not dry—OK, let's call it juicy—rumor. Filmmaker Michael Moore, he of the forthcoming cinematic indictment of American healthcare called "Sicko", may make an appearance Thursday at the annual America's Health Insurance Plans meeting.When I heard this, I immediately thought of the film that first put Moore on the map, 1989's "Roger & Me", in which the portly Michigander pursues then-General Motors boss Roger Smith before finally confronting Smith at the company's annual meeting. As a GM shareholder at the time, Moore was entitled to attend—except he brought a camera crew and pointedly asked Smith why GM pulled so many high-paying factory jobs from Moore's decaying ho... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=686907 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:04:00 +0100 686907