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Author Archives: admin
Don Berwick, MD: Changing from fee-for-service to bundled payments in Medicare and Medicaid
April 4, 2012
Posted in CMS, Harvard
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Don Berwick, MD: National Coverage Decisions
December 1, 2013- National Coverage Decisions (NCDs) are used by CMS to set guidelines as to
Posted in CMS, Harvard
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Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research
February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010.
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Pharma, CMS, Congress, Yale
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Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care
December 26, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I am so saddened by the state of our profession. I have been in different industries and unaware
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress, Primary care medicine
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Review: “The Bleeding Edge” documentary on unsafe medical devices
November 1, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Netflix 2018 documentary “The Bleeding Edge” reviews modern cases of medical devices
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Reviews, books, devices, FDA
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Review of immunotherapy and targeted therapy
June 17, 2016- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Siwen Hu-Lieskovan MD, PhD of UCLA, an expert with immunotherapies for melanoma, to go over the
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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The Year in Review: 2018
December 29, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The biggest stories this year related
Essay: The Silos of American Healthcare Stifle Communication Between Providers
December 19, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have a clinical practice that treats chronic conditions, among other things. I recently ran across a
Posted in - Opinion, CMS, Congress
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Essay: Everything you say can and will be used against you
November 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I keep telling people that “smart home” devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa, record everything
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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Insurance companies are not paying for Repatha and Praluent
Update November 2, 2018- Amgen slashed the annual cost of this drug to $6,000.
Is polio making a comeback?
Update November 13, 2018- Parents of children who died from this “polio-like” illness are accusing the
Ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) versus Placebo in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
January 31, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Pharma, Neurology, Univ Texas
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How pain pills almost killed my mother after elective knee surgery
May 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD My mother is in her 70’s and in good health except for debilitating knee arthritis. After considerable
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Orthopedic surgery, Plastic surgery
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CDC data on increasing suicide rates
August 2, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Alex E. Crosby, MD, MPH of the CDC, Branch Chief of Surveillance, Division
Posted in CDC, Emergency medicine, Neurology, Psychology Psychiatry, Rehab
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Essay: 25-years ago, I was reborn
November 6, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I had forgotten about this until I saw a reminder on my computer.
Posted in - Opinion, Trauma Surgery
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Fox and Friends accidentally produces what could be the best discussion of Medicare-for-All
November 15, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have cut the cord and no longer get cable TV. However, the free content posted on apps lets me
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress
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Does President Trump have “heart disease” based on his Coronary Calcium Score?
January 20, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump made news this week by having his doctor, Admiral Ronny Jackson, MD, answer
Posted in - NEJM, - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, CDC, Emory, Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, NIH
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Victory for America
May 3, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD On the same day that the corrupt Democratic establishment of New York was symbolically admonished
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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