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Category Archives: – Policy
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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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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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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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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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
Posted in FDA
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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
Posted in CMS, Harvard
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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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Exclusive: Why did Dr. Nissen resort to secret tapes?
February 23, 2010– By Steven E. Greer, MD Many in the cardiology community are a bit confused as to why Dr. Steven Nissen resorted
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, FDA
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Will healthcare spending really continue at its current pace?
December 9, 2009- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD The consensus among government budget forecasters such as the CBO is that the current growth
Posted in CMS, Harvard
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Surgical masks do work to prevent the spread of flu
October 1, 2009- By Steven E. Greer, MD Are billions of people around the globe foolish for wearing facemasks to protect against the flu?
Posted in - Policy, CDC
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The CDC discusses Gardasil HPV vaccine safety
September 6, 2009- Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Dr. Barbara Slade of the CDC discusses her recent JAMA article on the safety and adverse event reports for Merck’s HPV cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. Back in 1976, a … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, Infectious disease, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine
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The unsustainable cost of cancer drugs
June 8, 2009- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Leonard Saltz, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how the targeted
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Oncology
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