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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new post, Tools For Estimating Health Costs Getting Better — Or So They Say 1 year ago

    Boy, is this a trend, from plans for Massachusetts health reform to the private sector to health insurers, but if it’s such a trend, how come we still seem to be so nowhere on it??
    The excellent amednews.com has […]

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    Carey Goldberg commented on the post, More On Prices: In Mass., They’re Very High For In-Home Care 1 year, 1 month ago

    The full release didn’t say but yes, assuming a tight labor market has a lot to do with it…

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new post, More On Prices: In Mass., They’re Very High For In-Home Care 1 year, 1 month ago

    I knew the cost of living was higher in Massachusetts, but still found this release comparing prices a bit shocking. It came from a PR newswire, which I think means I can excerpt it generously:

    RICHMOND, Va., […]

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new post, Add To The List Of What’s Better In Maine: Hospital Price Information 1 year, 2 months ago

    ThumbnailJust posted on CommonHealth…Hoping some Savvy folk might want to check out the price info and let us know how good it is…

     

    You know how you cross the border into Maine and suddenly the air feels […]

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new post, Being Fired For Cancer: Yet Another Troubling Report 1 year, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailI don’t like at all what I”m seeing in response to our CommonHealth post, “How to avoid getting fired for having cancer.”  We’ve now gotten several messages from people who might not be able to prove they were […]

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new blog post: Gotta Love It: Rite-Aid Tries New ‘Doc In A Box’ 1 year, 3 months ago

    Given my recent frustrating experience with a CVS Minute Clinic, I’d surely be willing to give this a try. Amednews.com reports here on a Rite-Aid scheme to connect patients with doctors in in-store clinics via video. From amednews.com: When patients walk into a NowClinic at any one of nine Detroit-area Rite Aid pharmacies, they can choose among [...]

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    Carey Goldberg commented on the blog post joint pain 1 year, 4 months ago

    I’m so sorry to hear about all this pain, too, Larry — but it makes your books even more impressive, and bless you for sharing these important lessons — !

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new blog post: Shopping For A Doctor Vs. A Dishwasher 1 year, 5 months ago

    This is a perfect illustration of Healthcare Savvy’s reason for being: The Washington Post’s great WonkBlog writes here about how much effort people devote to shopping for a doctor vs. an appliance. You guessed it, the appliances win, hands down. But of course, it’s not for lack of interest or desire on the part of the [...]

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new blog post: When You Just Need a Couple of Minutes Of Care (And the CVS Minute Clinic is more like the Hour Clinic) 1 year, 5 months ago

    The name is so appealing, isn’t it? “Minute Clinic.” And the other day, when I figured I needed literally about three minutes of care, I thought I’d give it a try…but I should have realized that like so much in life, it all depends on timing, and mine was particularly bad. Wondering if anybody else [...]

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    Carey Goldberg commented on the blog post I recommend this… 1 year, 7 months ago

    Ah, yes! I heard about this yesterday at a conference — it was kind of controversial, the question of whether insurers can lead the way to containing costs — thanks so much for the link! Will link to it on CommonHealth, too.

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    Carey Goldberg commented on the blog post What Is It Reasonable To Ask Your Doctor To Do, Electronically? 1 year, 7 months ago

    Dear Kristen — You don’t sound bitter! You should indeed be left alone to take care of people and your managers should be figuring out how to use tech to make that process easier and better…I see some weird parallels with my kids’ school, where there just seems to be no impetus to take advantage [...]

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new blog post: What Is It Reasonable To Ask Your Doctor To Do, Electronically? 1 year, 7 months ago

    Greetings, all! I’ve just posted what I like to call an “endless screed” or a “giant heave” on CommonHealth here about hopes that health reform will push doctors toward using more Skype, email and other electronic tools that we all use all the time. In the meanwhile, we can be pretty sure that if a doctor uses [...]

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    Carey Goldberg wrote a new blog post: Don’t Miss Article On Employees Forced To Get Savvy 1 year, 8 months ago

    I guess “forced” is a little strong, but their employers tell them they’ll only pay so much for a procedure, and the rest will be out of pocket…Typically deep and extensive reporting by Kaiser Health News staff: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/story/2011-09-21/employee-incentives-lower-cost-health-care/50499608/1 Sarah Gardner…[Read more]

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    Carey Goldberg commented on the blog post Paperwork: Financial Responsibility 1 year, 9 months ago

    Ideally, it would be more like signing a contract to have work done on your house: You’d be given an estimate of how much it would cost you, and responsibility for overruns would be specified…

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