18 Jan 2021

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On this Martin Luther King Day, I'd like to focus on Health Disparities and doing something about it.  It is a topic that has been near and dear to me since I ran a Medicaid HMO in 1994 and had my eyes opened over the years.  My disease management company, Specialty Disease Management Services (SDM) focused on Medicaid; working in 10 States covering 10 different diseases or conditions. ...
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14 Jan 2021

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There is a very good Blog post written by Elad Gil entitled Why Has Israel Succeeded At COVID Vaccination which goes into great detail on why the Israeli's have been more successful than other countries in rapidly getting people vaccinated. Some of the key points he makes are: They simplified the process, prioritizing based on age, which made it easier to know who was up. They...
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14 Jan 2021

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Gregg Masters Welcome everyone, I’m Gregg Masters managing director of health innovation media the producer and co-host of the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week. Joining me in the virtual studio is my partner, colleague and co-host of the Series Fred Goldstein, President of Accountable Health LLC. On today’s show our guest is Chris Jennings, former Obama Administrat...
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11 Jan 2021

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https://youtu.be/aGrwsB80noo This week Fred Goldstein and Dr. Nick van Terheyden, MD discussed approaches and results in other countries and compared them to the United States.   Raw Transcript Nick van Terheyden Hi, this is Dr. Nick on the incrementalist here with incremental insights for better business, better health. Fred Goldstein And I'm Fred Goldstein, with...
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04 Jan 2021

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Join Luis Saldana, MD, Nick van Terheyden, MD, and Fred Goldstein for this week's COVID Insights to Action Discussion Group.  The topic for the session on January, 6 at 4 pm will include: Mutations - With the recent discovery of mutated forms of the virus in the UK, Africa, and now the US, what are they, what are some of the current thoughts and what might they mean for our approach...
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29 Dec 2020

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The post further below was originally published on October 16, 2017, on Insurance Thought Leadership. I thought with the new administration coming on board and the COVID Pandemic creating further issues in healthcare, I'd revisit the 10 ideas I had originally proposed to fix healthcare. Many of them are more true today than when written. So here's a quick look and you can then read the o...
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