Genius Makers by Cade Metz Last month the book, Genius Makers – The mavericks who brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the world was released. The title was quite intriguing, […]

I was reading an article the other day about a young man who developed severe biventricular heart failure after consuming a large quantity of an energy drink every day for […]

In my last blog, I discussed mental health and substance abuse (MHSA) payment and quality in the midst of parity initiatives, team-based care and value-based payment. Certainly, adherence to fee-for-service […]

Imagine I have two patients with diabetes. Person A has very mild disease and does well with a treatment plan of self-directed diet and exercise. Person B has more severe […]

We have heard the adage: “The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes but expecting a different result.”  This adage can be applied to the state of mental health and […]

When I was a young primary care physician, all I wanted was more time to spend with my patients. Each day felt rushed, prodded by the fee-for-service system that incentivized […]

This week’s AI Talk… Debating with a machine The New Yorker published an article this week which piqued my interest. It was about how IBM’s effort to create a program, […]

Families USA 1—a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization—pulled together a coalition called Consumers First, 2 which issued a Call to Action: “Consumers First has issued A Call to Action […]

In this week’s blog, I want to focus on the annual prognostication from MIT Technology Review. This year is particularly relevant, as it marks two decades of such efforts by […]

It’s hard to believe we are already four months into 2021. Spring is here, which means spring cleaning, yard work, planting flowers and second-quarter updates from the American Medical Association […]

In the AI of the Beholder I saw this podcast by Jennifer Strong of MIT Technology Review which was eye-opening to say the least. Ever wonder how the Tik Tok […]

Health care payment is about how we write the checks. Health care finance is about how we design the way money flows.  We’re living in a system built by good […]