3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (716+ words) Kevin MD. com I've recently been forced to make painful and difficult choices that impact my personal life as well as my small business because this Congress has been unwilling to renew tax credits that used to significantly lower the cost…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (983+ words) Kevin MD. com For more than two decades, I have worked in health insurance, first at insurers and more recently as a consultant on Medicare policy. I have led large Medicare Advantage analytics and actuarial organizations comprising actuaries and data scientists…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (729+ words) A piece circulating in the direct primary care community made a confident claim: that the best DPC physicians will not need employer-aligned models or adjacent entities because individual consumer demand will sustain them. Fully booked by individuals, insulated from institutional…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) The Internal Revenue Code is at times irrational and vague, and if nothing else, it is very complicated. However, if you understand it, patterns emerge, and many of them are unfavorable to physicians. Specifically: Know the enemy and know yourself…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (203+ words) I recently went to Quest Diagnostics for a TB test and a couple of basic labs my doctor ordered. At check-in, I recalled my insurance had changed in the new year and I did not have the updated information readily…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) When I told Pro Publica that it was too expensive to protect us, I was naming what every number in this piece confirms. The system made a calculation about what our lives were worth, and it got the math catastrophically…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1328+ words) Partner with me on the Kevin MD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (967+ words) Partner with me on the Kevin MD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article,…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (181+ words) The illusion of competition The burden of redundancy: contracting and credentialing Let's look at each of the redundant functions in greater detail, using New York State as an example. Why not have one credentialing program for the entire state? We…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (928+ words) Partner with me on the Kevin MD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article,…...