OIG Files: The Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) Verdict

For those of you who have been keeping up with the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos trial, you likely have seen that there was a very mixed verdict. Holmes was convicted on some counts, acquitted on some and the jury was deadlocked on others. From a reader’s perspective, it...

OIG Files: Health Plans, Cherry Picking & Lemon Dropping

When I was first hired as an OIG Agent, I was told by numerous people that fraud in the Medicare Advantage (MA) world was difficult to commit, and ever more difficult to prove. To put it into context, it was the mid-1990s, and MA plans were not where they are...

Does Publishing Healthcare Prices Move the Needle?

Thank you Scott Rosenbaum, Wine & Spirit Business Advisor, who is one of our most well read and insightful/thought provoking collaborator shared this New York Times article with us: Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Here’s why. Scott...

There’s no Crying in Healthcare

When things don’t work out with your treatment, you can cry to your doctor or insurance, you can complain, but nothing will change. Similar to sitting on the tarmac for close to three hours because people were not available to unload bags from your plane. I should...

The Price We Pay

Does anyone really know how our healthcare system works? There is so much discussion on the issues about our healthcare system and how it can be fixed that it is overwhelming. Generally, articles and books are written in a language or style that makes it difficult to...

COVID19: Smoke for a Cure

I’ve always had a dream that when I turned 50 I would move to Paris and take up smoking. But lately I have been thinking, why wait? I want the COVID19 vaccine ASAP, but I can’t get it. It turns out smokers are eligible for the vaccine without even needing proof....