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Category Archives: – Policy
Interview with MannKind’s CEO, Al Mann, and CFO, Matt Pfeffer.
October 23, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel interviewed the CEO of MannKind, Al Mann, and the CFO, Matt Pfeffer.
A Bridge Too Far: Patient classifications for LVAD reimbursement
September 16, 2013- By Ashish Shah, MD, Cardiac transplant surgeon, The Johns Hopkins Medical Center Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) arose from the ashes of the total artificial heart era.
Posted in - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, CMS, Johns Hopkins
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Little guy challenges Dr. Oz over copyright infringement and wins
September 12, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD Under certain circumstances, copyrighted text or video content can be used by others without
Posted in - Opinion, Cardiac surgery, Congress
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Exclusive: CEO of Komen for the Cure never stepped down as announced in 2012
June 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD The breast cancer research foundation Komen for the Cure, founded by Nancy Brinker, got into hot water in 2012
Posted in - Policy, Oncology
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FDA reviews the safety of Januvia, Byetta, and other GLP-1 diabetes drugs
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Pharma, FDA
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What happens next with the ACA law?
May 20, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in CMS, Congress
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Reasons for permanent slowdowns in healthcare spending growth
May 17, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Since 2010,
Posted in CMS, Harvard
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Renal denervation devices to treat hypertension
William O’Neill, MD of Henry Ford Hospital discusses renal denervation devices used to treat refractory hypertension. He is involved with the Medtronic device trials.
Posted in - Medical Devices, Cardiology, FDA, Henry Ford
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The Massachusetts General trauma response to the Boston bombings
May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General
Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, Trauma Surgery
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How Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks
May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General
Posted in - Policy, Boston University, CDC, Congress, Emergency medicine, Harvard, Trauma Surgery
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How Boston medical centers prepare for unconventional weapon attacks
May 3, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
FDA official, William Maisel, pleads guilty to crime, keeps job
April 24, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD In July of 2012, the New York Times reported on an FDA scandal of the agency spying on internal
Posted in - Medical Devices, FDA
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Smartphone apps to be regulated and taxed as medical devices
March 26, 2013 Which smartphone apps will the FDA label as a medical device making them taxable tax under
Posted in - Medical Devices, Congress, FDA
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The IOM report on counterfeit and substandard drugs
Prashant Yadav, PhD, Director, Health Care Research Initiative, University of Michigan, discusses
Posted in - Policy, Univ Michigan
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High fructose consumption and fatty liver disease
Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, of the Duke Medical Center’s Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Posted in Diabetes and endocrinology, Duke, FDA, Pediatrics
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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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