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It’s That Time Again: Play Ball with Health Wonk Review

admin — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:44:23 +0000

Enjoy the Whos’ On First Edition with Brad Wright with Wright on Health. Here’s the link to all the facts.

InsureBlog Hosts the Pre-Passover Edition of Health Wonk Review

admin — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:29:19 +0000

Yes, it is that time again! Oh, sure, the biweekly Health Wonk Review is on your newsstand today. But also, those religious rites of spring are right around the corner. So without further ado or comment from the cheap seats here at Health System Ed, here’s Henry Stern’s pre-Passover edition of HWR. Do yourself a favor and enjoy.

Photo by Phil Goodwin on Unsplash

Puppies and Kittens Edition of Health Wonk Review

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:07:10 +0000

Hank Stern’s roundup of wonkery and punditry as the Health Wonk Review group looks at where things are going under a new administration in DC in this Puppies and Kittens edition of our beloved HWR.

Here come da fuzz.

Health Wonk Review – Colorado Health Insurance Insider Celebrates 10 Blogging Years

admin — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 19:02:59 +0000

Louise and Jay Norris mark Colorado Health Insurance Insider’s 10 year blogging anniversary – congratulations!! – with a rousing edition of Health Wonk Review. She notes that there’s a little something for everyone, and highlights the fact that healthcare reform is still very much a work in progress.

Blogging to Aid the Pelican State and Flooding’s Affect on Hospital Workers

admin — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:55:42 +0000

Insure Blog’s Hank Stern, best known in this space as a constant contributor to Health Wonk Review, rallied an effort to send some love – and money – to flood victims in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, particularly Louisiana. Ironman at Political Calculations answered Hank’s call for help and assembled a collection of charities in this post, “Aid Across Acadiana”. Click here for Ironman’s post to learn how you can help.

For a little news on how the flooding is affecting healthcare workers, here is an article from HealthLeaders Media John Commins today, “Louisiana Hospital Workers Struggle with Flood Recovery“.

Thanks to Hank Stern, Ironman, and all the people in the blogosphere calling much-needed attention to this tragedy. And don’t forget to click here and learn what you can do to help the flood victims, if you are so inclined.

Jason Shafrin’s Health Wonk Review: Short and Sweet Edition at Healthcare Economist

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:24:59 +0000

Jason Shafrin has posted Health Wonk Review: Short and Sweet Edition at Healthcare Economist.

Jason offers an easy-reading digest format of an eclectic mix of topics. You can find a link to the post to our single August edition here .

Thanks for hosting an great edition, Jason – much appreciated!

HIT, LGBT and ACA: Health Wonk Review from Tinker Ready

admin — Tue, 24 May 2016 12:24:54 +0000

Tinker Ready of Boston Health News delivered a wide range of health policy thought for this edition of Health Wonk Review.

Read it here just in time to study for David Harlow’s Health Wonk Review Blab today at 1 p.m. Eastern. Catch him and join in the conversation. Just click on this link.

Photo: Great hospital design! Tinker Ready offers a little color from the former home of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona.

Browser alert: I found that Chrome worked best to get full functionality of Blab. With Edge and my Android browser, I could see and hear David but couldn’t speak to him. So if you want to chat with David, try Chrome.

Happy New Year to HWR Readers and Happy Blogiversary to Hank Stern

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:23:30 +0000

As he begins he 11th year of blogging, Health Wonk Review wishes Hank Stern of InsureBlog a Happy Blogiversary. He’s been a HWR staple since its inception 10 years ago, and a rock to the effort.

All the best, Hank. And now, for Hank’s Health Wonk Review New Year’s Edition, click here.

O’care: Open Season on Open Enrollment

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:20:18 +0000

Health Wonk Review: Open season on open enrollment edition at Health Business Blog. Neither David nor our participants shirk controversy! We are so going to steal this subhead: “Mattering mabobs of managerialism”

Health Wonk Review’s Halloween Edition: Healthcare’s a Fright!

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:34:58 +0000

When you listen to some of our health policy wonks this week, you can conclude that healthcare is a frightful place to be. And, you’d be right!

A mighty big howl out to Jason Shafrin at Healthcare Economist for assembling this terrifying amalgam of health policy nastiness.