This Week in Accountable Care with Aetna Strategist Charles Saunders MD

By Gregg A. Masters, MPH On the broadcast I chat with Charles Saunders MD, CEO of Emerging Businesses at Aetna. Dr. Saunder’s seat in the house of healthcare innovation is a unique perch and his tenure in the business brings both depth and breadth to fundamental questions we face as a collective industry. A fountain …

Medicaid and HITECH Conference: Fourth Annual

By Gregg A. Masters, MPH From the CMS. Originally posted here. To view the live conference video streaming feed, including accessing the agenda and related conference materials and handouts, click here. Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as we host a three-day conference for State Medicaid agencies, and other Federal and …

SCOTUS Consideration A ‘Pyrrhic Victory’ Regardless of Ruling

By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! A P/Y/R/R/H/I/C victory is defined by Wikipedia as: (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost to the victor that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. An army of professional, neo-professional and outright ‘amateur’, including skin in …