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Michael Doring Connelly
Michael Connelly
Nov 241 min read
Who is really cutting Medicare Advantage?
This Wall Street Journal editorial is misguided and directly conflicts with a major investigative report on Medicare Advantage (MA)...
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Michael Connelly
Nov 242 min read
My health wish list for the next administration
A new health reform movement is on the rise, led by two Stanford surgeons, Casey and Calley Means, and a Johns Hopkins surgeon, Marty...
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Michael Connelly
Nov 241 min read
Why improving primary care matters
Here's another compelling argument that describes how improving primary care is the key to improving healthcare.
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Michael Connelly
Nov 241 min read
Abuses made possible by coding
Let me briefly connect some dots on the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) recent coverage of private Medicare Plans known as Medicare...
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Michael Connelly
Sep 221 min read
Meaningfully Reforming Healthcare is Possible
September 16's Wall Street Journal Opinion Comment ( "Blame Friction, Not Fraud, for the Cost of Healthcare" ) by Robert Charrow, the...
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Michael Connelly
Sep 142 min read
Why end of life care needs to change
Casey Mean’s best selling book Good Energy offers a powerful personal analysis of how healthcare needs to change. The book offers...
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Michael Connelly
Sep 142 min read
Helpful visits or way to milk the system?
The Wall Street Journal’s investigative report on Medicare Advantage (MA) deftly uncovers little known concerns about how these plans...
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Michael Connelly
Sep 142 min read
Why there's a shortage of primary care doctors
Two recent articles illustrate how healthcare policy consistently creates barriers to advancing primary care. In the first , Debra L....
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Michael Connelly
Jul 212 min read
The Problem Isn’t So Much Insurer Vertical Integration as it is the Use of Coding to Measure Risk for Payments
The recent New England Journal of Medicine article on the dangers of private health insurer vertical integration/consolidation raises...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 142 min read
Coding corruption and the lost billions
This Wall Street Journal article ( Insurers Pocketed $50 Billion From Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated ) is exceptionally well...
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Michael Connelly
Jun 301 min read
What's really driving hospital price increases
The Wall Street Journal article on 6/23/24 titled When Hospital Prices Go Up, Local Economies Take a Hit illustrates a fundamental...
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Michael Connelly
Jun 71 min read
Thoughts on the battle for healthcare's soul
4sight Health’s recent article by David W. Johnson titled “Site-Neutral Payment and the Battle Healthcare's Soul” raises critical health...
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Michael Connelly
Oct 5, 20234 min read
Hospice Reform: 5 Practical Options
The word “hospice” often conjures up negative feelings in patients, families and physicians. Simply put, hospice has a marketing...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 27, 20231 min read
5 Keys to Reforming U.S. Healthcare
Reform Medical Coding: Coding and physician reimbursement is the cause of most problems in healthcare. Simplify Medicare: Why is Medicare...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Accepting trade-offs is key to improving healthcare
Here's part two of my interview with 4sight Health, a thought leadership and advisory company. I discuss how real reform will require...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 9, 20232 min read
Poor access to primary care is a real problem
This article highlights an important quote about the importance of primary care to the quality of healthcare: “A solid and enduring...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 2, 20231 min read
Healthcare reform starts with coding
My latest interview focuses on why healthcare reform needs to start with coding. Read it here in Becker's Healthcare.
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Michael Connelly
Jun 26, 20231 min read
5 Things We Need To Do To Improve The US Healthcare System
Check out my latest interview, this time with Authority Magazine. Let me know what you think.
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Michael Connelly
May 17, 20232 min read
Insurance rules diminish the gift of hospice care
Thank you, Investor’s Business Daily for this article of tribute to Dr. Cicely Saunders, which focuses on her many leadership traits. My...
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Michael Connelly
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Revisiting the art in the science of medicine
Professor Paul Lauritzen has composed a compelling piece about end-of-life care. In it, the author recounts the story of his wife Lisa...
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