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Author Archives: admin
Will medical centers be able to change leadership structure to conform to the PPACA “ObamaCare”?
June 30, 2012, by Steven Greer, MD The Supreme Court ruled that the PPACA “ObamaCare” law was constitutional in most aspects.
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology, Congress, Univ Maryland
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RomneyCare ballooned healthcare costs in Massachusetts
June 24, 2012 CBS News interviewed the Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, about the cost increases
Posted in CMS, Congress
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Pork Is Clogging CMMI’s Arteries
June 20, 2012- in the WSJ– by Steven E. Greer, MD Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Director Richard Gilfillan’s reply (Letters, June 14) to my op-ed of June 5 says that my accusations “are baseless.” This was backed up … Continue reading
Posted in - Opinion, CMS
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Inside ObamaCare’s Grant-Making: CMMI
June 4, 2012- In the Wall Street Journal Op-Ed section– by Steven E. Greer Early this year, I was briefly involved with one of the Affordable Care Act’s bureaucracies called
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS
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Does Steve Nissen manipulate the media?
April 5, 2010 Opinion By Steven E. Greer, MD The New York Times recently ran a front-page story raising concern about expanding the indication for statins to people with normal cholesterol levels, per the Crestor JUPITER trial. The article mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic
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Reasons to Abandon Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Targets
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Harlan Krumholz, MD, cardiologist from Yale, discusses his open letter in the journal Circulation
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology, CMS, FDA, NIH, Yale
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Update on the DEA’s efforts to curb the “pain pill mill” problem in Florida
March 7, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD We previously interviewed Special Agent Mark Trouville, the DEA agent in charge of tackling the rampant abuse of prescription opioid pain pills in Florida, and the “pain pill mill” system.
Posted in - Policy, Congress, Rehab
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Steven Greer, MD discusses healthcare jobs, ways to reduce hospital error, and the problems with fee for service
February 22, 2012
Posted in - Policy, Univ Kentucky
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Book review: My Beef with Meat
Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style, Hachette Book Group Review by Steven E. Greer, MD What do all of these extremely athletic and strong professional athletes have in common? Heavyweight
Posted in - Reviews, books, devices
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The inadequate FDA medical device safety surveillance system: a case study
January 25, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD I have worn contact lenses for more than twenty years without any problems. But recently,
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Congress, FDA
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The only 5-minutes of the Edwards Sapien AdCom you need to watch
Update: June 11, 2012 The FDA briefing documents for the June 13 advisory committee to review the PARTNER-
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, FDA
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Matthews Chacko, MD: Renal denervation to treat HTN
December 29, 2010 Many medical devices cause a far greater clinical impact than pharmaceutical therapies such
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiology, Johns Hopkins
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The CardioMEMS’ heart failure pressure measurement system
By Steven Greer, MD The CardioMEMS’ heart failure pressure measurement system will be evaluated by an FDA
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiology, FDA, Ohio State
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Cardiology genomic, stem cell, and interventional research at U. Miami
May 13, 2011- The Healthcare Channel hosted, in conjunction with Mark Schoenebaum of ISI, a tour of the
Posted in Cardiology, Genetics, Univ Miami
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Interview with The Commissioner of the FDA
February 16, 2011- by Steven Greer, MD In Part 1 of our interview with Margaret Hamburg, MD, The Commissioner of the FDA, she discusses
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Paul Richardson, MD: Three-drug regimen for multiple myeloma
December 15, 2015 Dr. Paul Richardson of Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reviews the recent Lancet article
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Harvard, Oncology
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Benjamin Sommers, MD PhD: the challenges of expanding Medicaid
November 23, 2010- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Under the ACA health insurance reform laws, approximately 16 million new Medicaid patients
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Will more Medicaid patients stress the system financially?
November 23, 2010- Interviewed by Steven Greer MD Under the ACA health insurance reform laws, approximately 16 million new Medicaid patients
Posted in - Opinion, CMS, Harvard
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Review of the CREST trial of carotid stenting
The CREST trial, published earlier this year, was the latest large-scale, randomized, controlled
Early palliative care improves outcomes in lung cancer patients
August 30, 2010- Produced and interviewed by Steven Greer, MD A group from Harvard published a paper in The NEJM that showed early initiation of palliative
Posted in Harvard, Oncology
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