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8 Jul 2010, 9:27 am
Donald Berwick as the new Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 9:59 am
Donald Berwick is "an outspoken proponent of the British health care system".The MVNHS (Most Vaunted National Health Service) has been the subject of [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 5:05 pm
Medicare Chief Donald Berwick, a fan of Britain's failing National Health Service, has been given $10 billion to find new ways to save dollars spent under the Medicare system. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 2:49 pm
It appears that the brain-trust of "Sir" Donald Berwick and HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious also lives by the motto "I was told there'd be no math:""In a newly released report, the Government Accountability Office ... estimates that, in fiscal year 2010, $48 billion in taxpayer money was squandered on fraudulent or improper Medicare claims ... [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 5:53 am by Glenn Reynolds
But Obama’s pick to run Medicaid and Medicare — Donald Berwick — is a pediatrician and Harvard University professor with a self-professed ‘love’ of the British system. . . . [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 8:34 am by Zach Zagger
Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a letter [text, PDF] to Patricia Casanova of the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning [official websites] in response to a request for approval, saying the law violates federal law. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 8:34 am by Zach Zagger
Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a letter [text, PDF] to Patricia Casanova of the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning [official websites] in response to a request for approval, saying the law violates federal law. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 2:01 pm
The appointment of Marilyn Tavenner to replace Donald Berwick, M.D. as administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is getting strong support from nursing home groups, according to an article on McKnights.com. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 8:28 am
On Friday, June 3, the American Medical Association (AMA) submitted its comments to Donald Berwick of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding CMS' proposed rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 3:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
A JAMA Viewpoint article, this month, by Donald Berwick and colleagues at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement identified four types of statutory, regulatory, and institutional barriers to better healthcare. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 10:12 am
That certainly seems to be the preferred method of the system most favored by our own CMS Honcho "Sir" Donald Berwick:"Dying cancer patients have been refused costly life-extending drugs on cost grounds"This comes after the Brits' "health care" system had explicitly promised "to end the "scandal" forever. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 7:47 am
What we didn't know at the time, though, is that they were warned about these problems by none other than  Sir Donald of Berwick (well-known to regular readers of InsureBlog):"Its 84-page report ... warned ministers that the [MVNHS©] did not pay enough attention to quality of care because it was too focused on targets. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 3:37 am by Bob Kraft
" In a statement, Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said, "These steps will encourage health professionals and hospitals to reduce preventable infections, and eliminate serious medical errors. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 3:38 am by Robert Kraft
” In a statement, Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said, “These steps will encourage health professionals and hospitals to reduce preventable infections, and eliminate serious medical errors. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 11:10 am
Championed by erstwhile CMMS Honcho "Sir" Donald Berwick, the Much Vaunted National Health System© provides stark examples of the path on which we find ourselves.For example, what would you think of a government program that dumped millions of dollars (well, pounds) into research and development of cutting edge robotic surgery, only to deny its lifesaving services to those most in need of it? [read post]