Hello Health to Present at the Apple Store in Soho

The Hello Health doctors will be at the Apple store in Soho, NYC, on Monday November 3rd at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Come by if you are in the area. We will be talking about our consumer-friendly healthcare delivery model and Mac-friendly online communication tools.

Engaging the Presidential Candidates

I recently submitted five health policy questions to the presidential candidates. These questions were drafted by the physician community on Sermo, which now has over 90,000 members. I promptly received both candidate’s official answers and posted them on Sermo 2 days ago, along with a survey to assess the reactions to the candidate’s responses. To [...]

Health 2.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I just returned from the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco, where nearly 1,000 people representing a wide range of healthcare technology companies had gathered to showcase their products and seek out partnerships and potential investors.
Here’s a brief overview of the conference:
The Good: Hello Health definitely captured everyone’s attention but I’m not going to self [...]

Health 2.0

I’ll be speaking at the upcoming Health 2.0 conference being held next week October 22nd - 23rd at the San Francisco Marriott. Stop by if you’re in the area. This is a great conference featuring companies and thought leaders in the field of healthcare technology.

Physicians Forced to Work for Free in California

Insurance companies are doing whatever they can to reduce reimbursement to doctors, denying them payment for the hard work they do. Now, California has a new law that says “hospitals and physicians are barred from billing patients for the balance of emergency care not covered by insurers.”
I think doctors have been pushed beyond their limit.