Penn State backs down
Austin Frakt September 18, 2013
This didn’t take long: A $100 monthly surcharge for Penn State employees who fail to participate in a screening portion of a new wellness initiative
This didn’t take long: A $100 monthly surcharge for Penn State employees who fail to participate in a screening portion of a new wellness initiative
The following is a guest post by Nicholas Bagley, University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Law. On Monday, Austin and Aaron cataloged the reasons for thinking that wellness
The recent paper about emergency department (ED) visits by Medicare beneficiaries within 30 days of discharge after surgery by Keith Kocher and colleagues in Health Affairs is
In Indiana, it appears that Gov. Pence’s administration will only go forward with the Medicaid expansion if they model it on the Healthy Indiana Plan
If you have access to it, I hope you read my latest publication in Health Services Research on hospital cost shifting and productivity. It’s a
The CDC just published a comprehensive threat assessment on antibiotic resistance. The topline results will be sure to grab headlines: Three pathogens make the top-tier
Aaron and I have a column up at Bloomberg about why the pushback against Penn State’s new wellness program is well founded. You must go read
When I was a medical student, my teachers explained that – as physicians – we would be privy to people’s most private information. They would
Some of the best methodological and policy research is being performed at the boundary of economics and psychology under the broad label, “behavioral economics.” This
I guess it just had to be done. @afrakt
Physician communication styles in initial consultations for hematological cancer by Karan Chhabra et al. (Patient Education and Counseling) [Full disclosure: The lead author is a
I should have gotten to it sooner, but kudos to Anahad O’Connor on his piece on breakfast this week: Americans have long been told that routinely